In response to Chris Baldwin’s thoughts on slow play and his pointing the finger at courses.

You know what? You’re right!

And that’s my point - If a course is going to load up a tee sheet to get every penny, then it better teach its rangers to keep people moving instead of driving around in a cart hawking balls!

Someone chimed in recently about Bandon Dunes - and they are absolutely right. The rangers at Bandon are outstanding. They are helpful and know exactly what to do when play is slow, they know how to fix it without making golfers angry or intimidating them. And the caddies help too. Again, that’s my point - course managers should take a lesson from the Bandon book and do the same thing. Train your rangers and get them to work, which in turn helps golfers learn how to speed things up and beginners to understand ready-golf. It’s a domino thing.

Look, all I want is a 4-hour round. Ideally I want a 3-and-a-half hour round, but that’s not going to happen. And to do this, we all have to work toward it. Courses, rangers, golfers and writers shedding light on it. The reality is there’s a lot of talk and little action.