The Week in Golf - Live Interview with Bill Yates

Bill Yates outlines the approach of his successful worldwide pace of play improvement program for Australia's premiere golf website I Seek Golf's popular broadcast "The Week in Golf." (Photo at left, Bill is interviewed for The Week in Golf)

Founder of Pace Manager Systems® consulting and training services, Bill has worked with courses, golf associations and championships throughout the U.S., Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia to improve the game for owners and players.

"I look at pace of play differently from everyone else," says Yates. "People always ask me 'What do you do to make players play faster?' I don't actually pay much attention to the players; I work with the management teams, because it's how the course is managed day in and day out that makes the critical difference in pace of play. Once that's in place, then we can look at player behavior, identify those players who really are playing slowly and creating bottlenecks, and take the right steps to fix that."

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Testimonials

"We cut more than 30 minutes off our average 18-hole round."

Dane Bohrer, PGA, General Manager
"Our pace of play is much better and our members love it."

Alice Plain, PGA, Director of Golf
Vail Golf Club, Colorado
"Bill Yates is the Guru of pace of play."

Paul Spengler, Executive VP
Pebble Beach Golf Links, California
"Bill Yates unquestionably provides the most enlightening analysis of pace of play I have ever seen."

Terry Florence, Director of Golf
Wild Dunes Golf Resort, South Carolina
"What Bill did for us was fantastic. Every golf course should adopt his approach."

Rod Cochrane, General Manager
Predator Ridge Resort, British Columbia
"I can’t thank you enough for what you’ve done for us."

Shawn Smith, Director of Golf
Pebble Beach Resort, California
"It’s the best money I’ve ever spent. It’s like you’ve given me an additional course to use."

Perry Cooper, Golf Manager
Jasper Park Lodge, Canada
"We have now put 3:57 on all our range balls."

Alan McGregor, General Manager
St Andrews, Scotland
"Your training sharpened our focus on quality."

Nathan Stith, Director of Golf
Doral Golf Resort and Spa, Florida
"Thanks to Pace Manager, we can now communicate with each other and our guests with facts."

Brian Shaw, Head Golf Professional
Doonbeg Golf Club, Ireland
"Our members and guests couldn’t be more pleased!"

Cary Corbitt, Director of Sports & Operations
Harbour Town Golf Links, South Carolina
"Your program was not an expense; it was a sound investment."

Terry Boldt, Golf Division Manager
City of Calgary Municipal Courses, Canada
"Magnifique!"

Alexis Davet, General Manager
Golf de la Grande Bastide, Provence
"You’ve made a great difference. I always recommend you to other courses."

Frank Jemsek, Owner
Cog Hill Country Club, Illinois
"Thanks to you, we have experienced two magical years of smooth flowing golf and exceptional pace"

Steve Harker, Mgr. Performance Excellence
Osprey Ridge at Disney World, Florida
"We continue to see marked improvement and exceptional quality."

Gregg Lindquist, General Manager
Desert Willow Golf Resort, California
"Thanks to you, the pace of play was better than it’s been in years, even during the Thursday and Friday rounds."

Dawn Coe-Jones, LPGA Tour Player
U.S. Women's Open Championship, Pumpkin Ridge, Oregon
"The pace of play in this championship was better than it has ever been."

David Pepper, R&A Championship Comm. Chair
The Open Championship, Muirfield, Scotland