You’re doing everything right and still being pushed to finish your round in under four hours.
Meanwhile Tour pros are taking 4.5 to 5+ hours, sometimes even 6 hours and that’s considered normal.
In this video, we explore whether amateur golfers are being judged too harshly on pace of play — and whether the four-hour round standard even makes sense in the first place.
We’ll break down:
⏱️ What the official “time par” guidelines actually say
📺 Why pro rounds take longer (and whether that’s fair)
🚨 Why the real slow play problem isn’t caused by slow players
✅ What’s actually working to speed up golf at all levels — from England Golf’s yellow card system to LPGA and PGA Tour policy changes
0:00 Introduction
0:48 ‘Time Par’
2:08 Why Pros Take Longer
3:40 It’s Not About Slow Players
4:44 What Works?
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Something else to consider, IF you are carrying an official handicap you MUST play by all the rules to actually turn in the score. This means you cannot pick up the ball and move on, even on a bad hole; if you do it voids the ability to post the round. The vast majority of slow play on public courses can be attributed to overbooking for profit; simply put 15 minutes between tee times and it will solve almost all slow play issues. Courses regularly make tee times 10-12 minutes apart which will not allow for high handicaps or lost ball incidents where you are allowed 3 minutes to look for the ball (who ever follows that rule on a public course); those things can easily cause a backup or 'slow play'.
Don’t speed up my fun time!!!
Great vlog. Thank you
A different angle: golf is akin to other sports where similar pace between participants is paramount for harmony. I leave you to think of examples of these other sports.