Ever been in a foursome with a player who ponders every shot like he's taking a college entry exam?
According to former PGA pro Ted Eleftheriou, founder of Create Golfers Academy, that is a golf hazard that never shows up on the course map.
A golf.com survey supports the general sense that most ultra-deliberate golfers are oblivious to their behavior and its effect on others. They're too wrapped up in themselves.
The most common advice is to go about your business on the course and keep walking briskly to the next hole, hoping the laggard will get the message.
You could play the "Ready, golf!" card (referring to the game's time-honored code for hurry up). You might even deliberately hit out of turn, followed by a remark like, "Sorry for that, but it's all about 'Ready, golf!'"
Then, of course, there's always the mini-guilt trip, as in, "Looks like we're holding up the group behind us. Maybe we pick up the pace so we don't have to let them through?"
