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It’s almost as bad as the “I’m slow because I’m not that good” take. Pace of play has nothing to do with skill. Keeping a reasonable pace of play regardless of skill or the feeling that you deserve it because you paid are terrible.
Best advice I ever heard on pace of play was from an old guy who played in under 2:30 every morning.
Went to Pinehurst a couple weeks back. No. 2 was a 5 hour round. No. 10 was 5.5 hours. We had to leave after 16 to catch our flight. So pissed.
No. 2 is rough and there’s rarely anyway around it. No. 10 taking so long is interesting. 9-16 is a bear, which slows things down, but 5.5 hours is inexcusable.
I’m going to pinehurst in October. Hope that doesn’t happen to us.
Yep I understand No 2. No. 10 is a walking course and there were plenty of people that had no business walking it. 95+ degree heat that day too. Marshalls need to enforce some sort of pace of play. All the caddies had GPS transponders in their vests.
I miss the days I could play 9 at Kirkman’s in 45-55 minutes. Pretty sure they do $25 all day M-Thur still, but haven’t been back in a couple of years. It’s the best 9-hole in the state and no one can convince me otherwise, just sucks it’s 90 minutes from Omaha. Would highly suggest going during harvest, because there’s no one out there.
Get in a fight and videotape it.
I’ve played it several times. Enjoyable course.
Agree to disagree on best 9-holer in the state, but I liked Kirkmans. 3-6 was a good stretch. I think it was 5 (the long par 3) that was the standout for me.
I think Friend could easily battle it even if we looked at just SENE
On the opposite spectrum....worst....Grandpa's Woods...holy carnival shit.
Whoa, had never heard of this. I need to see it
You mean the place that hosted a country concert so it could stay open?
I enjoy the knolls. It’s not challenging at all, I can always just drive up to the course and get on on a weekday night, and it’s flat so it’s an easy carry course.
Played it once. Never again. But it’s an experience. Crazy short. One of the greens I thought was like a bad country road with a bunch of water boards.
Is that the course in Lincoln where you pretty much have at least a beer a hole or your not welcome there?
