PACE OF PLAY REPORT – DAY 1

Under difficult playing conditions at Deal with an unusual Easterly wind blowing across the course rather than up or down it, this was always going to be a slowish day.  By the end of it, the final groups were taking 5 – 6 minutes over 4 hours.  We fell behind the target time of 90 minutes for the front nine early on and after that there was no way back.  The attached link identifies those games at Deal which were 10 minutes or more behind the game in front.  The tyranny of numbers means that they don’t record the doubtless understandable reasons for the delays.  We have all had occasions when having been held up on every shot, our opponents lose a ball at the very moment when the game in front vanishes over the horizon.  However we hope to establish a trend over 2 – 3 rounds.Day 1 Pace of Play Results