neil.tappin@futurenet.com
When I started to play golf as a junior back in the 1980s, there was a simple piece of guidance we were all given: slower groups should always let faster groups through. As children, we’d often find ourselves inhabiting both ends of the pace-of-play spectrum, so sticking to this advice helped us stay out of trouble.
In those days, the sight of someone emerging from the trees to the side of the fairway, waving through the group behind as they searched for a ball, was far from uncommon. Likewise, a simple word from one set of players to another, ‘come through when you’re ready,’ was not unusual. Nowadays, however, letting through is so rare that I’m struggling to recall the last time I experienced it.
How much of a…
