{"id":57,"date":"2014-08-15T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T07:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpace.meta.com.au\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2014-08-16T13:51:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T03:21:58","slug":"pace-of-play-case-study-3-slow-play","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mpace.meta.com.au\/?page_id=57","title":{"rendered":"Pace of Play \u2013 Case Study 3 \u2013 Slow Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a complete list of articles in this series, click here\u00a0or click the Pace of Play menu item on the right hand side of the page.
\nWe\u2019ve talked about the\u00a0Pace of Play Policy<\/a>, Gap Times, Card Swiping and Tips for catching the group in front of you.
\nI\u2019d like to show you a case in point with regard to the sudden impact a widened gap can have on the groups which follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Group Tee Time<\/b><\/td>\nFinish Time<\/b><\/td>\nRound Time<\/b><\/td>\nGap from group ahead<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00<\/td>\n15:00<\/td>\n3:55<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:08<\/td>\n15:07<\/td>\n3:54<\/td>\n0:07<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:16<\/td>\n15:15<\/td>\n3:54<\/td>\n0:08<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:24<\/td>\n15:30<\/td>\n4:01<\/td>\n0:15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:32<\/td>\n15:37<\/td>\n4:00<\/td>\n0:07<\/td>\nFirst 7 groups off this tee all played<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40<\/td>\n15:46<\/td>\n4:01<\/td>\n0:09<\/td>\nwithin 4:10 all kept within acceptable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:48<\/td>\n15:51<\/td>\n3:58<\/td>\n0:05<\/td>\nplaying gap with group in front<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:56<\/td>\n16:19<\/strong><\/td>\n4:18<\/strong><\/td>\n0:28<\/strong><\/td>\nThis group was 28mins behind group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:04<\/td>\n16:31<\/td>\n4:22<\/td>\n0:10<\/td>\nin front. The groups which followed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:12<\/td>\n16:40<\/td>\n4:23<\/td>\n0:09<\/td>\nall suffered delay but managed to keep<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:20<\/td>\n16:47<\/td>\n4:22<\/td>\n0:07<\/td>\nup with the group in front of them<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:28<\/td>\n16:56<\/td>\n4:23<\/td>\n0:09<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:36<\/td>\n17:06<\/td>\n4:25<\/td>\n0:10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

As you can see, the 11:56 (8th) group was the primary cause of a slower than possible round for the groups which followed it. The following groups may not have realised the cause of their slow round and it\u2019s a moot point whether they too would have been inherently slow. But they managed to stay in their correct position in the field.
\nIt\u2019s also worth noting that group 4 had a gap time of 15 minutes. Had their round time been in excess of 4:10, they may have received a slow play letter. But since their play was within the policy guidelines and since they did not cause delay to the rest of the field, their pace was deemed acceptable.<\/p>\n

This is actual data taken from the 1st Tee of a Wednesday Stableford competition this year (2013). It is not staged in anyway. Group number 8, here, did receive a slow play letter.
\nNext up… the impact of last minute tee time switching….
\nAlways swipe your card as soon after your round as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For a complete list of articles in this series, click here\u00a0or click the Pace of Play menu item on the right hand side of the page. We\u2019ve talked about the\u00a0Pace of Play Policy, Gap Times, Card Swiping and Tips for catching the group in front of you. I\u2019d like to show you a case in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":64,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpace.meta.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpace.meta.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpace.meta.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpace.meta.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpace.meta.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mpace.meta.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63,"href":"https:\/\/mpace.meta.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/63"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpace.meta.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpace.meta.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}