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Originally Posted by Gord_Wappel
I hate a slow pace of play more than everyone and play fast myself. I love the rounds where you can just fly through in 2.5 hours during the week and find i play less on weekends as i just don't have time to play a 4.5 hour round (kids and family)....I play with and am myself a mid handicapper (11-17 index for most of us) but we all play with pace. We have some bombers and some guys with very poor short games...it a mixed bag. My point is that distance has nothing do with handicap. For most of us its nice to have a range of distances and clubs you get when your playing closer to 6500 yards vs 5900 but the scoring and pace isn't any different.
Oh and i have seen everyone from low single digit handicappers and up chunk a driver behind the ladies tees....just happens once in awhile
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The handicaps of your group is pretty close to each other.
Now consider that handicaps of my group is quite varied and different from yours. One is in the high single digits at around 9 while the other guys are in the low to high teens (13-19) and myself at 24. We all drive the ball well with distances off the tee being at different lengths. With me having the higher handicap I don't very often out drive them, even factoring in that I hit from the whites. On average they out drive me by about say 30 yards which can often mean the difference between me hitting a PW or AW as opposed to a 60 degree wedge to the green.
My short game is horribly inconsistant and a huge factor in my high handicap. Then again it's my own fault as I hate practising and don't much time at the practice range.
To beat the slow weekend play I book times early in the morning to avoid the weekend hackers.