Pace of Play Initiatives

New Pace of Play Policies
Effective 6/11/24
Modified 8/23/24
Modified 10/25/24

Modification 10/25/24

Due to complaints by players of others "cutting in line" and by ATX management, the following is now in effect for tee times: If you tee off more than 40 minutes earlier than your designated tee time out of sequence you may be disqualified from winning prizes for that event. Here is a guideline showing 8 minute separation. Use this as an estimate of when you will be able to tee off.

Introduction

With the heat of summer in the not-too-distant future, keeping up our pace of play(POP) is not only more courteous…and more fun, ….it’s safer. Why are we back and talking about this again? Well unfortunately, our Pace of Play has slowed considerably this year. Out goal is to have 75% of our players finish their rounds in 4 hours and 15 minutes or less. As you can see from the table below, we're heading in the wrong direction.


 
2022 20232024 (YTD)
as of 5/28
Avg. POP4:09:034:08:324:15:02
% finishing <4:1563.9%64.8%48.9%
Players/event91100104

Just like so many things in life, the devil is in the details. The focus will be on the little things that each of us can do on every shot to trim 10 seconds off the time it takes to play it. We're focusing on shortening round times by playing more efficiently and getting rid of the 'dead air' between shots.

While many factors contributed to our POP, there are 3 key issues:
     1. Not being ready when it's your turn
     2. Poor equipment management for both walkers & riders
     3. Not knowing when it is ok to play out of turn

So here's our plan to address these issues:

New Initiatives

1. Remind everyone on how to do the right thing! This will include:


2. Provide on-course support

3. Policy For Groups Not Keeping Pace: