For those who haven't ready the article but still feel the need to comment:

"Thompson said a clerk at the course said the group could play with five players, as opposed to a more traditional group of four or fewer."

Apparently the golf course told the women to play in a group of five. Also, they were delayed because of frost on the ground. Their late start was NOT their fault.

"Jordan Chronister told the women that he had timed them on their break and that they had gone beyond the 20-minute time cap. Yet Thompson noted that the women were also told they had been timed as being on the first nine holes for one hour and 45 minutes. The course rules allow a total of four hours and 15 minutes — suggesting the women would have had time to spare if they kept their pace for the last nine holes."

This implies that they had plenty of time left on their game. Also, as per golfing etiquette, they had the group ahead of them in their site at all time. At one time they even approached one of the tees before the group ahead of them even teed off. They should have never had the police called on them because they did nothing wrong other than golfing while black.

If there are reservations, then playing too slowly is a real problem because it causes operational issues. Potentially more customers could have been served and complemented with the products and services of the golf course, so there are laws that arise from situational awareness that are broken when a customer tries to use a product or service in a superfluous manner. Of course a customer can recoup if such a thing is done, and maybe that was a consideration, but if the situation came to that those customers had to be removed from the golf course, then it's a natural, sensible outcome.

I would like people to appreciate blacks like I do, and give them credit for why they are fantastic people, but even fantastic people are going to draw aggression when they bait aggression and I am sure that those customers don't enjoy much support from the well-informed over their behavior.

Sickening!

Unbelievable!

While the actual issue is no laughing matter and despicable of the human race, I do agree that people playing slowly on the course (I'm usually alone and play at a faster pace accordingly) should be detained if they don't allow me to play through. It would solve a lot of pre-meditated murder that would have the likes of Tom Cruise and his Pre-Crime unit coming after me. #MiniorityReport

I don't remember having these types of problems when the Muslim President from Kenya was in office,I was perfectly happy with him. seems like it's getting worse under crazy Trump.

How many cases of people being guilty of "living while black" are we going to have to have before we admit there's a problem? A serious problem.

Son of a bitch, This has got to freaking stop. How long do these ignorant asses get to think like that without being completely rejected> So many times I have played golf and it has backed up on us. Never was it a racial item. this is clearly racial and it angers me deeply. I am so sorry for the way some whites actually believe they are better than others.

Son of a bitch, This has got to freaking stop. How long do these ignorant asses get to think like that without being completely rejected> So many times I have played golf and it has backed up on us. Never was it a racial item. this is clearly racial and it angers me deeply. I am so sorry for the way some whites actually believe they are better than others.

Now that they have 45s permission, they've all crawled out of their holes. Come November, they'll all crawl back in too!

Wanted to charge for link-sounds like the white owners were bigoted.

It seems people are losing the ability to actually talk face-to-face !
"ooooh they're black - call the cops !!!!"

When will stupid crap like this stop? I feel like grabbing a stick and commence to beating some heads when I here things like this. That will make me as bad as them though. I hate that they can attempt to twist the law to achieve their ends legally.
What can I do as a private citizen? What action can I take to let whoever know that this is wrong? Answers please.

I live about 30 miles from this golf course. I'm appalled at this and wonder what the heck they were thinking especially since Starbucks got terrific backlash a week ago. In this instance I am glad the police left without doing anything. I just don't get this mentality in this day and age.

This is horrendous. Racism is alive and well in the USA. And now the flames are being fanned.

We are a very sick society. There are times l am ashamed to be an American.

What in the actual fuck is wrong with people?