[Sean Johnson]

Then you have to look at the flip side; what would happen if you went from going ob on 2, then had to re-tee because of a restart, and turned around and parked it? I use this example because Jon V had a birdie look with a huge lefty flex shot that came within a foot of going ob and it could have easily gone the other way.

Also, what happens if half the group throws and the horn blows before the other half tees off? I'm only playing devils advocate here, and pointing out how hard it would be to uniformly enforce any solution. My group completed an entire hole before we heard that we were supposed to stop and even we were not told to re-tee, we were told to stop playing and wait for the horn.

Solution? Keep to the schedule. Players get 4 strokes for being late, and neither the rules or public opinion seem to give any leeway for getting a start time wrong (especially when the reason is that they didn't double check the flier). It's only fair that everone involved in the tournament should be held to the same standard.

PS- Didn't we also start early on day 2?