A LPGA spokesperson confirmed an updated pace-of-play policy was shared with players and will go into effect during the Ford Championship in March but said specifics of the policy would be made public next week.
Just two weeks after Justin Thomas wrote a memo to the PGA Tour membership, another tour veteran, Charley Hoffman, penned a letter of his own to his fellow players.
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.
Another week, another slow-play debate in professional golf. Then again, is it really a debate when everyone is in agreement it’s a major issue that seems to never get fixed?
Padraig Harrington believes that rangefinders should be permanently adopted into pro golf as a way to move things along and allow players a better chance to escape “awkward yardage” lies.
A hearty 94 percent of poll respondents think slow play is a problem that needs to be fixed in tournament golf. And they heap the lion’s share of blame for slow play in the game on the shoulders of the players and tours (cumulative 79 percent).
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.
Paige Spiranac became the latest golf personality to use the sluggish finish at Augusta National earlier this month as a jumping-off point to discuss what’s wrong with slow play in golf and what should be done about it.
In an interview with Sky Sports ahead of this week’s Zurich Classic, Matt Fitzpatrick didn’t go after Patrick Cantlay, but clearly the Englishman is fed up with slow play.
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