Totally agree
Members started to complain this summer at my club. The pace of play was really slow. We think it was mainly because they did not cut the roughs and some heather and gorse were let too close too. It made recovery shots difficult, and recovery pars a rarity.
3 of us, all below 6hcp tied off for 9 holes. We played really well. Results: +2 +4 +4
The details? 5 wayward drives that we never found. Not much fun to not even have the opportunity to try a banana shot back towards the green. Of course, we also lost 20mins...
They since cut the roughs down, and started to hack the very thick stuff back.
All that because the committee wants to have a tough course.
For what purpose? We want to enjoy golf, score well and move on.
And then they complain they lose members...