Slow play can ruin a round of golf

The idea is to share expertise with course managers from across the world on how to solve the issue of slow play.

It has become such an important issue for golf courses that it has even been addressed in the latest edition of the Rules of Golf.

It has been decided that slow play is a breach of golf etiquette.

Golf clubs are now being encouraged to institute temporary bans on persistent offenders.

In St Andrews this week , the workshops will involve people responsible for the pace of play in a bid to not just maximise commercial returns but to improve customer satisfaction.

With more than 200,000 rounds of golf played on the famous links every year, the Fife town is the biggest public golf complex in the world.