Because the early part of the tournament involves 16 groups of four players in a round-robin format, the loss doesn’t knock Ciganda out of the tournament.
The last notable slow-play penalty in a men’s Major came in the 2013 Masters, when then-14-year-old Tianlang Guan was assessed a one-stroke penalty in the second round after being warned four times.
Upon finishing, Daly and Calcavecchia were informed by a rules official they were being cited for conduct unbecoming a professional and subject to a fine. Needless to say, they were not too pleased about that.
One month after announcing a four-point plan – regulation, education, innovation and (reduction of) field sizes – to counter the cancer that is slow play in professional golf, the European Tour is proving as good as its word.
The 2020 Ryder Cup can’t get here soon enough, and if captains Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington have any brains they’ll pit these two against each other in singles.
Koepka and DeChambeau were guests for Pat Perez and Michael Collins’ SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio show, Out of Bounds, on Tuesday night to discuss slow play
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