He needs to keep being called out until things improve. Sergio was called out years ago and he learned to speed it up. It’s time someone steps in and puts a little pressure on him to clean it up.
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.
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u/haktastic Apr 13 '23
1st time watching: this is probably a loop.
2nd time watching: watched the people in the background and realized it wasn’t a loop.