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I have played several courses that have signs posted on their par 3's stating that: "UPON REACHING THE GREEN, YOU MUST WAVE UP THE GROUP WAITING ON THE TEE"

The operative phrase being: "You Must".

I personally think that this practice is essentially pointless and that it does not in any way speed up the pace of play. In fact, I can make several arguments as to why this practice may actually serve to slow things down, yet many courses insist that this be done.

At one of my regular courses, no one bothers with this "rule" despite the signs on the tee and the general consensus is that it's a waste of time. In fact, there have been times when a ranger was positioned at the tee (to monitor the pace of play) and even he did not insist that anyone wave anyone else up to the green.

So what are your thoughts on this?

Is "waving up" the group behind you on a Par 3 a good idea or a bad idea?


-JP