{"id":15551675,"date":"2024-10-20T08:17:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T12:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golf.com\/?post_type=article&p=15551675"},"modified":"2024-10-20T08:17:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T12:17:49","slug":"high-handicappers-mulligans-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/high-handicappers-mulligans-etiquette\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro says high-handicappers could play faster doing this. Is it a good idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alex from Arlington, Va. writes: Ben An caused a stir on social media this week by asking why high-handicappers<\/a> don\u2019t bring an extra ball to the tee, so they don\u2019t have to waste time going back to the cart to get another when they pump the first one out of bounds<\/a>. What\u2019s your take? Should hacks like me carry extra ammo around in our pockets to help keep up the pace?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Alex:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last the Etiquetteist checked, Ben An plays on the PGA Tour, a circuit whose competitors have for decades been the poster children for slow play, routinely taking five-plus hours to get around in threesomes while role-modeling terrible pace habits that have inevitably filtered down into the recreational game. Rather than singling out every-day chops, An might consider asking something along the lines of, Why does Patrick Cantlay shuffle-step 16 times before stroking a 2-foot putt?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But since that\u2019s not the question he \u2014 or you \u2014 have posed, let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As I\u2019m playing few holes and watching the group in front, why do high handicappers not bring at least two balls to the tee? I see them walking back to the cart to bring the ball again<\/p>— Byeong Hun An (@ByeongHunAn) October 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>