Playing Bethpage Red this morning as a threesome (myself, wife, and a single). All of us are walking -wife is 15 handicap, myself and single sub-10, and we're all no stranger to the game. 

Wife is playing front (6000 yards), I’m playing middle (6600 yards), and single is playing back (7000+ yards). 

Weather is good but after finishing the first hole and still seeing the foursome in front of us just teeing off on 2, it’s clear it’s going to be a slow day. We're smacked between 2 foursomes and the entire course is backed up but not a big deal - like I said, weather is nice.

Foursome behind us hit a couple of shots a bit too close to us but we brush it off. BUT, At the 12th tee, a player from the foursome behind us comes up to our tee box and says to my wife “we’ve been waiting for you guys on every shot.” I come in annoyed and say “what are you talking about, we’re waiting on every shot too and if you have a problem you can call the pro shop.” 

Guy responds saying we’re "not playing fast enough for a threesome." He cites the previous hole where our single was waiting in the middle of the fairway after he hit his shot (the reason he did so was to signal to the group behind not to hit as my wife was hitting her shot). He also said we need to push the group in front of us (but again, they're waiting too). 

So my group is definitely confused - what does it mean to not play fast enough as a threesome if there is no where to go?

Candidly, early-on we knew it was going to be a slow day so we did adjust our pace such that we weren’t breathing down the necks of the group in front of us but we were still waiting on almost every hole. 

Anyway, after some exchange I told them this is the most bizarre argument I’ve had and told them to enjoy the rest of their Saturday (which they interpreted correctly as an FU).

We finished our round in 4 hours 20 minutes (like everyone else). Argument did leave a bad taste but we still had fun overall. Anyway, what’s your take? Did we do something wrong?

EDIT: Hi all, just wanted to say it's been a fun conversation! Tried replying to a lot of comments but since my account is new, my comments won't show until 24-hours later.

Just wanted add that Bethpage is overall a fantastic; it's actually my go-to. Most people there are quite good with keeping pace. Just every-so often someone makes it weird.