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Tips to Speed Up on the Golf Course

Rory McILroy’s dominating victory at the U.S. Open last month could be an important one to the weekend golfer. If McILroy is indeed ready to become the next golfing legend (and yes, it’s too early to know if he is) one can only hope the casual golfer emulates his pace of play.

The legacy Jack Nicklaus left for golf was one of prolonged excellence, unfailing grace and, unfortunately, slow play. Nicklaus seemed to stand over crucial putts forever. The fact that he made most of them convinced a generation of golfers that slow was the way to go. If you’re going to hit the ball 65 times, being slow over the ball isn’t such a bad thing.

But a weekend golfer may shoot 90, which, if he takes as much time over a putt as Jim Furyk, means a lot of golfers are going to be waiting on tees to hit. Add in the dubious impact of golf gurus who preach visualization and such and the five-hour round of golf suddenly became part of the landscape.

Those wondering why the sport’s popularity has leveled need look no further.

McILroy is the antithesis of this. He doesn’t even take a practice swing on the green. If he and Angel Cabrera can win a few more majors, an entire generation of golfers may be inspired to pick it up.

Until then, local courses are doing what they can.

“It’s a huge deal,” said Mark Castelhano, director of golf at Rolling Meadows Country Club in Ellington. “If people play a round that takes them five hours the first thing they say is that it’s a nice course but it takes forever.”

Castelhano says Rolling Meadows tries hard to enforce a 4 ½ hour pace of play. The time it should take a foursome to finish each hole is printed on the scorecard, which makes it easier for rangers to tell a group to pick up the pace.

“We use a ranger and a starter and they just give friendly reminders,” said Jon Ellingwood, associate pro at Manchester Country Club . “We try to let them know that if there is a group in front of you leaving the green you should be ready to hit in the fairway.”

For Manchester, which is a semi-private course that mixes in public play, the task is a little easier because they can use 10-minute intervals between tee times instead of the 8-minute intervals found on most public courses.

“We still do some 260 rounds, all of them in under 4 ½ hours with public play mixed in,” Ellingwood said. “We try not to let a group become even half a hole behind.

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