In all my years of attending and scoring college golf tournaments I have found some consistent patterns in the pace of play.
First rounds seem to take forever.
Second rounds feel quicker even though they aren't, and final rounds do speed up, but not by that much. Such was the case again this week as I was at the Ironwood Intercollegiate in Greenville, North Carolina where we unveiled and tested some new live scoring software specifically designed for college golf. While there are some solutions to promote speedier play, I think the perception of what that pace should be is more of a problem. When I play with my golf group on Thursday afternoon, we will make it around the course in just under four hours. Those things don't and can't happen in college golf.