Mike is right when he suggests the onus is on golf course operators
It is also complicated, so I don't want to come across as a know it all.
Yale Golf Course is there for students, staff, alumni, and the rest of us. How would they rate me, a non-alumni player against an undergrad who wants to try the course or an alumni who writes a big check? Complicated for sure.
I rarely see any Yale students on the weekend, but reality is, it is there for them not me, and their parents (most, not all) pay "heavy dues". The staff runs PE courses for students and they do many clinics with local kids before they go on the course.
The starters are very active and they will send me off on holes 1-4 and #10 depending on logistics of the day. They try to monitor some slow play choke points at #10 and #13, but it is not perfect. They are trying, and that effort is appreciated. Perfection is down the road....