"Time is Money! Managing the Challenges of Pace of Play," by Bill Yates. The feature article in the Fall 2012 issue of Golf Business Canada.
[excerpt] "I've been waiting for this moment all day, looking forward to leaving the office behind and heading to the course for a perfect evening round of golf. I'm annoyed that there's a delay on the first tee, and after holing my putt on the first hole, I walk down the path through the trees to the second tee and find...two groups waiting on the tee and the group ahead of them just walking off the tee. I say good-bye to the great round I was planning..." --Author Bill Yates
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