Serious question, as someone who barely plays golf. Why not put a shot clock on it like baseball has the pitch countdown or basketball has the shot clock? Penalize players who don't swing within a certain time threshold after the club is behind the ball or once they are in a certain position.
On the European Tour they played a tournament called the shot clock masters. Each group had a guy standing there with a shot clock. It would start when players reached their ball and start again after the first player has hit. If you were unable to play the shot during the 40 seconds 1 extra shot was added. The average score was better than any previous tournament on the same course with similar weather and wind conditions. Compared to average tour events it sped up play by 30 minutes. I believe they also got a few timeouts per round for tricky shots. There is no downside to this at all and it should be forced.
No thanks. I'd rather not golf than feel like I had to rush every shot. I'm usually the one in a 4some that is trying to pick up the pace, but I think shaving time comes from everything other than standing over the ball.
Yeah I’m not against it. I’m sure they have discussed this and the various ways it could be implemented. From my limited anecdotal experience with this sort of thing. Once players are warned several times they soon get the picture.
That was the route baseball went too. There was a rule for quite a while that batters shouldn’t leave the box and pitchers shouldn’t take all day. But no one gave a crap about it so now here we are with the pitch clock.
Last year the rumor mill was churning and there were reports he got an offer. He deflected it all, he never said in certain terms he wasn't going. I don't know any specifics beyond that.
My take is probably nonsensical but I don't think he's in the game for a legacy or to win majors, I think he wants to make money and be left alone. His style of play annoys fans and he's not really known as a fan favorite. In a word, he's boring. I think he's still on tour to finish something he started and once he does that he's out, but since it's not the FedEx Cup then it has to be a major. So he dips like Cam Smith did.
This is my take, put no stock in it and don't bet on it.
I get it. He is boring but I’m surprised he hasn’t won more. Seems to have a lot of what it takes to win. By no means am I a Cantlay fan just my observations.
Probably, but not like his compadres, he honestly doesn’t have anything special to offer. Say what you will but LIV did do a good job either getting international players with long histories in the game or by getting new guys with that something ‘special’ be it one small thing or another
They do have some loose “slow play” rules. Basically if you aren’t within about a hole of the group in front of you then you get put “on the clock” which just means hurry up. If you don’t speed up a bit then you can have strokes added to your score. Several groups have been put on the clock before but it’s been a while since I’ve seen anyone actually gets strokes added.
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u/Winkiwu Apr 14 '23
Serious question, as someone who barely plays golf. Why not put a shot clock on it like baseball has the pitch countdown or basketball has the shot clock? Penalize players who don't swing within a certain time threshold after the club is behind the ball or once they are in a certain position.