Metro Seniors – Great Job!
Pace of Play for 9 weeks (about 1/3 of the season) has improved significantly over 2016. Averages across all Divisions and courses is running about 10 to 15 minutes faster. Tee Starts and Shotgun starts are both running faster.
Our fastest players averaged just over 4 hours across 43 events, even with the weather and path only conditions. All players averaged 4:31.
Our 5 longest times were at Bear Creek (2 times), Florissant (new course), Belk Park and Prairies. Bear Creek and Florissant are our most difficult courses. Bear Creek requirements for Reverse Shotgun start creates significant crowding increasing times. Florissant was new, had several blind tee shots with lost ball opportunities.
We still have work to do.
- 15 of 43 events had several groups that finished in over 5 hours.
- 5 of these rounds had groups finishing in 5:30 to almost 6 hours.
- Slowest groups were
- 30 to 60 minutes longer than the average
- 1 to 1 1/2 longer than the fastest groups
- Slow Pace affected increased the average pace (all players) to 4:52 – 5:08 (vs 4:30 typical)
- Weather, Course, Conditions were factors but many groups still played at 4:30 or less.
- Slowest groups were
After the first 8 weeks, only 9 members repeated in 3, 4, or 5 slow groups. They lost significant time against the group ahead and finished with a hole or more open ahead. They typically delayed several groups behind them.
These frequently slow groups have been asked to work with their VP to improve pace. With improvements of as little as 1 minute per hole, we should faster averages with less delay for groups behind.