Following up on Ron Green’s article (“Pace of play issue a ‘multidimensional thing,’” July 2, GGP+):
In the non-professional ranks I think one thing most golfers could do is get over our egos. I see so many people, particularly men, playing the wrong tees, mostly because we have more options. My experience has been that most blue tee distances, as an example, are typically just too much real estate for the senior crowd or higher handicapper. If you can’t consistently reach a par-4 in two, move up a tee box. To that end I think the USGA needs to start an initiative to standardize tee box color coding with recommendations for play by handicap index for all golfers. I know it would be a multi-year effort, as courses would need new cards and maybe new course ratings.
In the professional ranks, in my opinion, the smaller fields the PGA Tour will introduce next year are just a way for the tour to try to stay within their TV window. I really want to see the younger up-and-coming players who might be excluded from smaller fields. If the tours wants faster pace of play, just set the courses up appropriately to allow for it. Better scoring does not equate to less fun for the viewing audiences. Also, it wouldn’t hurt to see individual player “time to hit” stats. For the really slow players, having this information public would eventually start to affect their own branding, sponsorship, etc.
Bruce Wireman
Georgetown, Texas
Great article about life on the DP World Tour (“Facing strain of perpetual change,” July 7, GGP). Most of us have no idea what these guys go through.
Rob McDonald
Newtown, Connecticut
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