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27 May 2011
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get a move on! plea by local golfers to end slow play
HUA HIN THAILAND Are you a timewaster on the tee? A sloth in the sand? Don’t give ‘gimmes’ on the green? Then the Hua Hin Golf Society want to help you! The Society has launched a blog on their website (huahingolfsociety.com/blog/slowplay/) to try and address what they say is “the biggest issue in golf today .... week in and week out we watch the tour pros taking 5 hrs plus to play their rounds and we think we should do the same!” Anyone who has played golf will at some point have a round spoiled by slow play, and the accepted etiquette is to allow others to ‘play through’ if it is clear that your game is holding them up. While this does occur in Hua Hin, not enough players are observing it, and the campaign is aimed at this and other ways to help speed up play. The blog states that “ everyone can have their input with causes, cures and ideas to help – in this way all members should be able to help one another with constructive advice on the course in an effort to speed up play.” Already noted are the following suggestions; improving knowledge of the rules, being ready to play when it is your turn, dispensing with the concept of ‘last hole winner tees off first’ and offer ‘gimmes’ on putts under two feet in non-competitive games. The golfers behind this do not wish to spoil others enjoyment, or put pressure on novice or bad golfers, who can simply take a pause while others play through, but given the importance of golf to the Hua Hin area, anything that can improve the experience for golfers coming here should be welcomed, and it must be hoped that the courses themselves start to take the issue more seriously. Learn the rules, be ready to play and be nice to your fellow golfers!
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