EP189: Golf Etiquette 101 with Alex Anderson (Part 1)

All right, so let's start with pace of play.

Okay? Um, what do you tell your girls, like when you were going to PGA West-

Mm-hmm

... and I know you did the scramble the first day, which should help with pace of play a little bit.

But what do you tell your girls before they go out about pace of play? Because I don't know about you, but when the pro shop sees a large group of women coming out-

Mm [laughs]

...

they ...

I don't ...

You know, they probably tell everyone, but when they ... or when we're on the first tee and they're like, "Uh, pace of play is four hours and 15 minutes, girls.

We're gonna keep the ... " I'm like-

Yeah

... "Do you really tell that to the dudes?" They probably do.

Yeah.

But I, I sometimes take it personally.

[laughs]

So what do you tell your girls?

Uh, so we always tell them that you need to see the people in front of you.

Mm-hmm.

And as they're getting off the green, like, you know, you, you ...

We just wanna make sure you can always see them in front of you, but also like we don't want them to like feel like they're like on their butts the whole time either.

Mm-hmm.

So we'll just say, "Keep up with the person in front of you," and, and then same with the people in back of them.

You know, as long as you see the group in front of you.

Yeah.

All right, so let's start with pace of play.

Okay? Um, what do you tell your girls, like when you were going to PGA West-

Mm-hmm

... and I know you did the scramble the first day, which should help with pace of play a little bit.

But what do you tell your girls before they go out about pace of play? Because I don't know about you, but when the pro shop sees a large group of women coming out-

Mm [laughs]

...

they ...

I don't ...

You know, they probably tell everyone, but when they ... or when we're on the first tee and they're like, "Uh, pace of play is four hours and 15 minutes, girls.

We're gonna keep the ... " I'm like-

Yeah

... "Do you really tell that to the dudes?" They probably do.

Yeah.

But I, I sometimes take it personally.

[laughs]

So what do you tell your girls?

Uh, so we always tell them that you need to see the people in front of you.

Mm-hmm.

And as they're getting off the green, like, you know, you, you ...

We just wanna make sure you can always see them in front of you, but also like we don't want them to like feel like they're like on their butts the whole time either.

Mm-hmm.

So we'll just say, "Keep up with the person in front of you," and, and then same with the people in back of them.

You know, as long as you see the group in front of you.

Yeah.