CANADIAN CLUB HAS STAMPED OUT SLOW PLAY WITH 2hr 15min DEADLINE

FROM THE GOLF CHANNEL WEBSITE

Emerald Links Golf and Country Club at Greeley in Ontario, Canada have stamped out slow play at the 27-hole facility which opened in 1990.
According to the club’s official policy, golfers must complete each nine-hole turn in 2hr 15min which averages out at 15min per hole.
While many courses make such a statement, very few offer this ultimatum: Golfers who don’t adhere to this policy are ushered off the course and pay-and-play visitors are given their money back.
The threat is enough to quash slow play. General manager Martin Patterson said there have only been three such instances of refunds in the past 15 years.
“The usual reaction is a thank you from the people directly behind them and everyone else behind them,” he said. “You don’t need a slow pace; that gets you into trouble. I’d rather have four people unhappy than the 200 that are slowed up.”
Other courses hoping to speed up play could do a lot worse than following Emerald Links’ lead. Sure, this policy may alienate the occasional slow golfer, but it will have the majority of quicker golfers firmly in agreement.