Returning to playing
the game in under four hours will cost American golfers exactly –
nothing. It is a matter of changing the mindset. Self-discipline, course discipline and adherence to the
rulebook. Nothing more. There is no money involved, no
payments required or fines to pay or additional equipment to
hire or rent. It is simply a matter of good behaviour and the
enforcement of same by the course managers.
The
writer of this book, who calls himself “a grumpy old Scotsman”,
lived in America for three years during the 1990’s and at the end
of it, wrote his plea to American amateurs out of sheer
frustration at the time it took to play an amateur round of golf
anywhere in America. In these pages he dissects all of the
facets of Golf, the business, and lays them before us to
examine with a view to arriving at the same truth. His
credentials are authentic as the reader will soon discover and
his reasoning, totally logical. Golf, the game, is being
killed in America by Golf, the business which is being used to
make up the revenue lost by slow-playing amateurs and this
compounds the problem.
If you are sick of
the delays whilst playing golf or at the time it takes to get
round eighteen holes, visit the author’s website and let him
hear your thoughts. W. Eric Laing is on a one-man mission to
bring about the return of ‘a quick eighteen’ and the more
support there is – in writing (emails) - the more ammunition he
will have to confront those who can best alleviate the problem.
Anything at all that you think might add to the cause will be
useful – and used - in the achievement of the objective. The
point is, this can be cured; we can cure it and without it
costing any of us a penny. As has been said, “There is nothing
so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” “Well”, says W.Eric Laing, “it’s time to put an end to slow play!” He
hopes you’ll join him and begin by reading this book. It was
written for you.