点评:On the 8th tee, asked the marshall to speak with the group in front of us because they were 2 holes behind, and to either let us through or speed up play. His answer: "you should see the back 9, everybody is 1 hole behind." What a nonsensical answer!! Instead of going to speak with the group in front, he continues towards the 7th. Spoke with the starter after 9. He contacts the pro shop and while we're waiting on the 10th tee for the group in front (looking for balls in the ravine), a new marshall comes to speak with us. After explaining, he asks how long it took to play the front ( 2.5 hours), says he would check how far behind they were and speak to them about picking up the pace and report back to us. True to his word, he comes back after we had teed off and reports that the group would let us through if they held us up if after their attempt to pick up the pace failed. Fortunately their pace improved enough to complete the back 9 in 2 hours 5 minutes.
翻译:在第8洞的发球台处,我请巡场员去和前面的那组球手沟通,因为他们落后我们两洞,希望他能让我们先打或者加快他们的打球速度。他的回答是:“您看看后九洞吧,所有人也都都落后一洞呢。” 这回答简直荒谬至极!!他并没有去和前面那组球手沟通,反而继续朝第7洞走去。打完前九洞后,我又与开球员谈了谈。他联系了专业用品店,就在我们在第10洞发球台上等待前面那组球手(他们正在沟渠里找球)时……一位新的巡场员来和我们交谈。说明情况后,他询问我们打完前9洞花了多长时间(2.5小时),并表示会去查看那组球手落后了多少时间,然后叮嘱他们加快节奏,之后再向我们汇报。他说到做到:在我们开始打后9洞后,他回来告诉我们,即便在那组球手努力加快速度后仍赶不上我们,他们也会主动让我们先行。幸运的是,他们的打球速度最终提升不少,仅用2小时5分钟就完成了后9洞的比赛。