Having said that, most rounds I play (except occasionally during peak Snowbird season) are completed in less that 4.5 hrs. You got somewhere else to be, get off my golf course! ) I too (as someone stated above) am curious where this "you gotta play in under 4 hours" crap came from. When you first start out the nervousness will set in with strangers, but after a few rounds you will see how many people out there are close to your skill level (until you join a private club - that is a whole other story) Our only problem when we first started playing mornings was we worried more about keeping up with the group in front than we did enjoying the game.īut get yourself out there - 4 months on the range didnt prepare me for my first round. But even as newbies those 6 hour afternoon rounds seem to take forever, so we shifted to the mornngs after a few rounds. Good idea! My wife and I started out the same way. We're going to play late afternoon and with an experienced couple to minimize the irritation factor to experienced players, and I hope you aren't behind us! OMG, what if we take too long? Reading this thread probably was not a good idea for a new golfer. However, it's sort of intimidating, to the wife especially, but to me as well to some degree, to ponder going out there for the first time ever mixing it up with experienced players who are going to be pissed off waiting for "the noobs" to move along.
And I bought the wife some clubs and lessons so we can start playing together. I've taken some lessons, been to the range, hit some irons in the field behind the house a bunch, all in preparation for my first ever golf outing. And no, I have not yet ever actually played golf.
#Average time to golf 18 holes 2 full#
If you're playing a full course and you are never waiting, you are probably playing too slowly. In general, if you're playing at a reasonable pace, this means you'll be waiting on a few holes because even if everyone plays at exactly the same pace, someone out there is going to encounter an event like this. You should be able to handle a couple holes where that happens within an extra half-hour's time, and it shouldn't be happening every round. If you have to spend a few minutes looking for a ball on a couple holes, or wind up having to go back to the tee, the pace guidelines shouldn't force you to abandon the rules of golf. It's hard to say "it should take X hours" because we all have some days where you encounter unexpected but legitimate slow-downs. If you're ever much past 4.5 hours, you need to speed up and/or play easier tees. Sometimes you should be a bit faster, sometimes a bit slower. What is the typical time it should take, and what is the maximum acceptable? I think averaging about 4 hours is about right. Some country clubs demand players go quicker than 4 hours for 18 holes, asking them to wrap it up in 3 hours, 30 minutes - and that’s walking, not with a cart, which doesn’t usually speed up play all that much.I think you've got to break it down into two parts. That could bump up a reasonable pace of play to 4 hours, 30 minutes. The typical amount of time required for pace of play 18-hole round is 4 hours for two players.Īccording to, pace of play really depends on a lot of factors: the skill level of the players in your group and on the course, the difficulty of the course, the space in between holes and how many people are on the golf course. The game can be played by any number of people, although a typical group playing will have 1-4 people playing the round.
Each hole is played once in the round on a standard course of 18 holes. A “round” typically consists of 18 holes that are played in the order determined by the course layout. Įvery round of golf is based on playing a number of holes in a given order. Each hole on the course must contain a teeing ground to start from, and a putting green containing the actual hole or cup 4 1⁄4 inches (11 cm) in diameter. The game at the usual level is played on a course with an arranged progression of 18 holes, though recreational courses can be smaller, often having nine holes. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not utilize a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game.
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