I'm sure this has come up many times...but I'm new to the site and love to hear from the crew.
I'm sure most of you have all experienced it...going up to every tee box and having stand or sit in your cart for 10 min waiting for the group ahead of you to stop goofing around and keep up with the pace of play. Then you end up on the fairway only to find them fishing for a dozen balls out of the woods or pond or running back and forth across the green and you end up waiting another 10 min to clear our out of the way. So, you get to a point where you ask to play through and you do, only to met with the same scenario 2 holes down with another group. What's the etiquette for addressing slow play during a round? My golf group of 3 or 4 can get through a round in under 4 hours, and if its just my wife and I, we can get through a round in under 3.5 hours. Our handicaps range from 5-15 and we are seasoned golfers. Can't do the 5 hour rounds...more than that, disrupting the pace of play is extremely annoying and makes playing a round miserable.
How do you address these things in an effective manner...any suggestions?