by Tom Swartwood
Courses could charge by the hour (or the quarter hour) with the rate per fraction of hour increasing, a lot, after four hours, and going through the roof after 4 1/2 hours. On the flip side courses could offer discounts to players who finish or promise to finish in less than 4 1/2 hours. Sheesh, when I was a young caddy, good players routinely finished 18 holes, with a snack and a roll of the dice at the turn in four hours--walking, no yardage markers (except a few buses at 150 yds out, no GPS or range finders. Caddies helped but those guys knew how to play along. Heck even the giggle golfers in the afternoons finished in well under 5 hours. Charge by the hour and offer incentives for fast play.

by Vale
Sounds like a real plan, except how many courses would be forced to close for lack of customers who can afford to golf any longer. Remove all the duffers and how much will golf now cost the rest of us? It's a good thing I'm a senior now, maybe I'll break even in the costs per stroke department with my discount.