Pace of Play Update – 23 Week of 2017

Thank You!

You have made some significant improvements to Pace of Play during 2017.

So far with 113 rounds in the books, (only 2 weeks and 10 more rounds remaining).

• 4 hour 30 minutes average tee group play time, about 19 minutes faster than 2016
• Only 19 of 113 rounds averaged more than 4 hour 45 minutes
• NO ROUNDS AVERAGED MORE THAN 5 hours.

We have a lot of quick players.

• Fastest groups average just over 4 hours almost thirty minutes faster than the field.
• These are usually the first starters in Tee Starts or with holes open in ahead on Shotgun starts.

We still have a very few players and tee groups that frequently slower than average or are the slowest group on the course.  Several of these have improved after seeing the data or with some encouragement.  When these groups start early in tee starts, they slow 4 to 6 groups behind by 20 to 30 minutes.

Start types are significant for pace.

• Tee Starts – 4 hours 26 minutes (84 players – 64 rounds)
• Regular Shotgun Starts – 4 hours 35 minutes (87 players – 33 rounds)
  • Average 3 to 4 tee groups – slow average by 10 to 15 minutes vs Tee Start
• Reverse Shotgun Starts – 4 hours 47 minutes (84 players – 15 rounds)
  • 4 to 6 more B Tee Groups – slow field by 15 to 30 minutes vs Tee Start

Courses are significant (difficulty and start type).

• 19 Rounds on 9 courses with average times over 4:45
• 3 Courses represent are 11 of the 19 high average rounds
  • Bear Creek – Reverse Shotgun
  • Far Oaks – 2 Tee / 2 Reverse Shotgun
  • Stonewolf – 1 Tee / 2 Reverse Shotgun

We know that weather and course conditions are significant.  However, with rain, few members play and times are fast.  Also with Path Only conditions, we had relatively few rounds played so data is not definitive

We can still improve.  Encouraging our slower players to simply keep up.  Our slowest groups finished with at least one hole open ahead.  They start 10 minutes later and lose an added 10 to 20 minutes.  Staying aware of groups ahead and behind is the most important part.

The Pace of Play Logs have given us a wealth of data.  As Tournament Committee schedules courses for 2018, we will use this along with your Survey input to help in course selection for 2018.