Slow Play & Ready Golf
Please Be Considerate!!
We are unfortunately still receiving complaints about slow play with groups losing 2 and 3 holes on the group in front.
This is totally unacceptable and there’s is no excuse for falling so far behind.
It’s time (yet again) to remind everyone to play ready golf in both competition play and in social play. Please, don't be that person or group that are complained about. Be aware of how far ahead the group in front of you are! If there is a faster or smaller group behind you, call them through and let's keep Lee Park moving at a pace that is enjoyed by all.
Please make yourself familiar with what Ready Golf is and why Lee Park Golf Club have adopted it. Read below or watch the video via the link.
“Ready golf” is a commonly used term which indicates that players should play when they are ready to do so, rather than adhering strictly to the “farthest from the hole plays first” stipulation in the Rules of Golf.
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The term “ready golf” has been adopted by many as a catch-all phrase for a number of actions that separately and collectively can improve pace of play. There is no official definition of the term, but examples of “ready golf” in action are:
Hitting a shot when safe to do so if a player farther away faces a challenging shot and is taking time to assess their options.
Shorter hitters playing first from the tee or fairway if longer hitters have to wait.
Hitting a tee shot if the person with the honour is delayed in being ready to play.
Hitting a shot before helping someone to look for a lost ball.
Putting out even if it means standing close to someone else’s line.
Hitting a shot if a person who has just played from a greenside bunker is still farthest from the hole but is delayed due to raking the bunker.
When a player’s ball has gone over the back of a green, any player closer to the hole but chipping from the front of the green should play while the other player is having to walk to their ball and assess their shot.
Marking scores upon immediate arrival at the next tee, except that the first player to tee off marks their card immediately after teeing off.
Kind Regards
Handicap & Competitions Committee
This is totally unacceptable and there’s is no excuse for falling so far behind.
It’s time (yet again) to remind everyone to play ready golf in both competition play and in social play. Please, don't be that person or group that are complained about. Be aware of how far ahead the group in front of you are! If there is a faster or smaller group behind you, call them through and let's keep Lee Park moving at a pace that is enjoyed by all.
Please make yourself familiar with what Ready Golf is and why Lee Park Golf Club have adopted it. Read below or watch the video via the link.
“Ready golf” is a commonly used term which indicates that players should play when they are ready to do so, rather than adhering strictly to the “farthest from the hole plays first” stipulation in the Rules of Golf.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/vwx8hMipXTjfEVBM/?mibextid=KsPBc6
The term “ready golf” has been adopted by many as a catch-all phrase for a number of actions that separately and collectively can improve pace of play. There is no official definition of the term, but examples of “ready golf” in action are:
Hitting a shot when safe to do so if a player farther away faces a challenging shot and is taking time to assess their options.
Shorter hitters playing first from the tee or fairway if longer hitters have to wait.
Hitting a tee shot if the person with the honour is delayed in being ready to play.
Hitting a shot before helping someone to look for a lost ball.
Putting out even if it means standing close to someone else’s line.
Hitting a shot if a person who has just played from a greenside bunker is still farthest from the hole but is delayed due to raking the bunker.
When a player’s ball has gone over the back of a green, any player closer to the hole but chipping from the front of the green should play while the other player is having to walk to their ball and assess their shot.
Marking scores upon immediate arrival at the next tee, except that the first player to tee off marks their card immediately after teeing off.
Kind Regards
Handicap & Competitions Committee