Whos in favour of 'Ready to Play' ?

This was the basis of the 3rd instalment of the Golfshake slow play articles with a motion put forward by a member of Wesport Golf Club in Connaught

http://www.golfshake.com/news/view/3501/Slow_Play_Weekly_Feature_Westport_Golf_Club.html

When our group goes out to play golf we always use the 'Ready to play' method.

The only exception is when we are on the first tee.

Russ

Excellent article Darren. Ready to play is something I will always suggest at the start of a round, and with most people, it will be ok for RTP to be used. You do get the odd traditionalist who's against it, but in the main, most people in my experience aren't bothered. As the article says, it's down to the clubs to enforce RTP if the R&A won't do it.

It something we do in bounce games but not during competition. Honour, playing out of turn and agreeing to waive a rule are covered in the rule book.

That said, it may speed up play but does it really get the slow player to speed up. Also, it only covers play from the tee, I certainly wouldn't advocate being 20yds in front of someone on a fairway and playing out of turn only for you to get one in the back of the head.

Yes it helps but players need to gee up the slow player in their group otherwise the real problem, i.e. the root cause of slow play, the player, isn't tackled.

Give the slow player a bolloc*ing once, then a second time and then refuse to play with them again if it continues. I have no problem with a player taking time over a shot but its all the nonsense in between that causes slow play. Be ready to play your shot when its your turn. Simple!

Being the shortest hitter amongst my friends and also being the quickest by far means that I am on the tee first on every hole.

Isn't ready to play another name for common sense?

in a social I always say to other players if your ready to tee off carry on. In comps etc then I will stick to the rules & if a player continues to be continually slow then I'll pull them up. If they ignore me then I'll refuse to play with them again for fear of getting tarred (if that's the word?) with the same brush. Eventually these players won't have many playing partners!

exactly John. I do feel that the honour to tee of first has been earned so should be followed, but many a time i have passed it on if i am not going to be ready before the others in the group. 'Go if your ready' is a common phrase in my groups even in comps.

I would never ask to take a slow players honour on my first round with him/her but if i was paired with them again i would bring it up on the 1st tee with the group.

same as other posters, on the first tee during bounce games we give the honour to the lowest h/c then it's play when your ready, during competitions the palyer with the honour plays first each time.

The thing to remember is that during medal rounds you should expect the round to take longer than social games as there is a lot more riding on your scorecard & you also have to hole out (no picking up after x amount of shots!).

So there's slow play & then there's S  L  O  W   P  L  A  Y.