Pace of Play Case Studies

Pace of Play Case Studies

With pace of play taking center stage as a critical issue for ensuring golf's long-term health, we're looking at how golf facilities all over the country are working to get players around their courses quicker. Feel free to explore, and share these ideas with personnel at the courses you play.

Fossil Trace Golf Club

Players at Fossil Trace Golf Club in Colorado are expected to complete 18 holes in 4 hours and 40 minutes or less. Here's how they go about accomplishing that goal.
Pebble Beach Golf Links

Already world-renowned as a championship golf venue and its views of the Pacific Ocean, Pebble Beach is also striving to be an industry leader in solving pace of play issues.
Tierra Rejada Golf Club

An additional set of tees and a hands-on approach by the staff at California's Tierra Rejada Golf Club is leading to faster, and more enjoyable, rounds.
Sweetens Cove

Despite being a nine-hole layout, Sweetens Cove in South Pittsburg, Tenn. is proving that golfers can enjoy a world-class golf experience in two hours or less.
Marine Park

As course that handles as many as 60,000 rounds per year, Brooklyn's Marine Park makes sure each one of their customers is cognizant of maintaining good pace of play.
Troon Golf

As a group that manages nearly 100 golf courses nationwide, Troon Golf has developed a Time Par for each one, and provides incentives for its customers to meet or surpass it.
American Junior Golf Association

Several innovative policies, including a checkpoint system, has resulted in the AJGA cutting the average duration of its tournament rounds by 14 minutes.
LPGA: New Pace of Play Policy Yields Big Improvement

Needing to improve pace of play at their events, LPGA Tour officials used a two-pronged approach to ultimately reduce the length of an average round by 14 minutes.
Poppy Hills Golf Club and Independence Golf Club

A pair of well-known golf courses underwent significant changes, leading to not only more enjoyable rounds, but faster ones.