Gary young

March 12th, 2025

PGA Tour approves experimental use of rangefinders in six upcoming tournaments

The experimental period will begin at the RBC Heritage just after the Masters, and concluding the week before the PGA Championship at the Truist Championship and the OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic.

January 30th, 2025

‘Everything is on the table’: PGA Tour reacts to survey by addressing slow play and better fan experiences

Perhaps the least surprising thing the PGA Tour has learned since it launched its Fan Forward survey initiative last June is that it has a pace-of-play problem. What it intends to do about it has yet to be determined, but changes are coming.

August 29th, 2024

PGA Tour adds internal out-of-bounds at East Lake after Scottie Scheffler discussed shortcut

The tour’s rules committee had contemplated internal OB at the beginning of the week before deciding against it, believing the change would be too penal. However, with a number of players asserting their intentions to circumvent the 18th, the tour decided to reverse course.

May 5th, 2023

The simple answer to the PGA Tour’s slow play problem? A first-hand look reveals why there isn’t one

A first-hand look during the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship gave our writer a snapshot of the PGA Tour’s pace-of-play issues… but no clear solution.