Great Course ruined by Management and Cost

Great Course ruined by Management and Cost

Played on Friday 11am with a buddy who really like the course. I am a fan of the layout and design.
BUT,
Round took 5.5 hours. This was not an outing but a regular day. There are tee times every 8 and 9 minutes! Come on folks, you are charging $115 for non-residents / $81 for residents on Fridays (weekend rates), the least you can do is 10 minute tee times! The utter disgust to make money puts TOO many groups on the course which leads to HORRENDOUS delays. In addition, 5 of the non par 3 holes were cart path only which seems to happen every time I play this course. There was a cart going around to buy beverages but there were NO water coolers anywhere on the course. If average play is 5 hours, a few water coolers would be nice.
At one point, there were 4 groups on the 16th hole. Two groups in the fairway and 2 waiting on the tee. A ranger came by and stopped by the first group on the hole and then drove away! NOTHING WAS DONE! If you have a ranger, then have them do the job they need to do, move the slow groups to the next hole and have consideration for the rest of the players on the course.
It is very sad. I am a local resident with a 5 minute ride to this course. BUT I will drive 45 - 60 minutes out east to play courses in 4 hours or less. It has been 2 years since I last played this course and it will be longer than that until the next time I play!