IS SLOW PLAY A PROBLEM ON TOUR?
Mar 26, 2020
5 minutes
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“I think the European Tour is doing a good job with it. Is it a problem? No”
Erik Van Rooyen
“It’s impossible to play at the speed that they did before”
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
“There’s no question that it’s been too slow on tour”
Henrik Stenson
These are turbulent times for golf. Forget about the Premier Golf League and USGA/R&A Distance Insights Project, one of the game’s most contentious issues continues to rumble on–slow play. It’s long been regarded as ‘the scourge of golf’ at club level, but in recent times it’s tour pros who have come under fire.
These are the players who should set a proper example, right? Well, last August, the European Tour announced its four-point plan to tackle slow play, and at the start of the year tougher measures were
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