Golf is not a race against time . It should be a pleasant outing with friends without being a hindrance to the group behind you . Keep the group ahead of you in sight and do not fall back an entire hole . Key is getting the first group out to move at a minimum of 4 hour pace or less which should be achievable with no one in front of them .
I find play on the greens most annoying especially when you get that chap who waits for his turn before reading his putt . Wasted precious minutes where he could have determined slope speed grain etc and then just step up and putt . Finally had to drop one lad from our circle of players because he refused to alter his lengthy routine on the green .
The other beauty is the chap with the longest drive and is who is 150 yards from the pin and last to hit out of the fairway . Waits till he gets to his ball and then pulls out the rangefinder , confirms it is 150 yds , then turns to confer with his caddy . Finally agrees on the club he always hits from that distance
and then starts his preshot routine . 5 minutes before he actually hits the ball , Bloody painful to sit through.