In an attempt to address numerous complaints of SLOW PLAY during Deer Valley Men’s Golf Club play, the following recommendations are made to ALL Players:
- With a decent Pace of Play, Bogey-plus golfers can traverse Deer Valley in 3 hours 40 minutes, or less. With a full slate of Players, 4 hours and 15 minutes is the MOST it should take our Club to finish a round.
- The Pace of Play is the responsibility of ALL PLAYERS in a group. All it takes is ONE GROUP to back up the course. Encourage each other to maintain a proper Pace of Play.
- A proper Pace of Play is defined as maintaining a close gap with the group ahead of yours. (foursome-to-foursome from the same tees)
- Please play Ready Golf at all times.
- Drivers should drop off their passenger, with 2 clubs and sand, and proceed directly to their own ball and hit as soon it is safe.
- When hitting from the desert areas, take the 2 most likely clubs with you.
- If Players are looking for a lost ball behind you, hit your shot first, before helping the look.
- All groups will have a bad hole occasionally, when this occurs, wave the group behind you up while you recover.
- After hitting, carry your clubs to your next position before putting them in your bag.
- On the putting green, if players are raking a sand bunker, or walking up to the green, have another player tend the flag as you hit you lag putt.
- After putting out, leave the green promptly and drive to the next tee box before recording the scores.
- Team Captains are encouraged to return to the Club House area immediately at the conclusion of their play. Please do not remain on the course to socialize or fill out your score cards.
If these recommendations do not improve the Pace of Play to a satisfactory level, action will be taken with chronically slow groups. The following policy was proposed by the DVMGC Board, to a quorum of the Club Membership, at the April 26, 2016, General Meeting and was approved by the Membership by a show of hands.
Since DVMGC plays from a shotgun start, if all groups maintain the proper Pace of Play, all of our groups should finish within 10-15 minutes of each other, depending on if they finish on a Par 3 or Par 5 hole, and how far from the Clubhouse they finish. Our Most Excellent Monitor, Patti, will be charged with tracking the chronically slow groups. (YOU know who you are!)
- After a verbal warning, the group’s next round of Club Play will be on a YELLOW SCORECARD, as a visible reminder to maintain proper Pace of Play.
If a group playing with a YELLOW CARD does not improve the Pace of Play, they will be Disqualified for Next Weeks Play.