Range Finders on Tour ?

[3565]

Personally even having DMDs they won't speed up. They will still have their yardage charts and green charts to look at to see what they had done in practise rounds and rounds in the tournament, noting the wind direction, their position, the iron they hit and how far it went from X place, how far from back edge of front right bunker to the green......... It goes on. So getting the yardage is just a small fraction of what they need to hit a shot. With them playing 5hr rounds in 3balls the tours have got a looonnng way to catch up to the 3 ball amateur speed of play (on average).

So instead of giving them more to think about, give them less, take away the yardage/putting charts, just a tour sanctioned DMD for them.

 

[delc]

Delc its all the psycho-babble from their Sports Psychologists and getting into a positive mindset. The Pro-game is becoming sooooo slow I'd have GPS driven timers issued to all competitors that timed each shot and set off a buzzer when the allowed time limited was exceeded.

But what sanctions would you apply when the buzzer goes off? Fine, penalty shots, or what?

 

[Imurg]

If you're going to sanction a professional player, penalty shot(s) is the ONLY way.

 

[hines57]

If you're going to sanction a professional player, penalty shot(s) is the ONLY way.

agreed and it has to be consistently applied. Perhaps there should be a GPS based shot timer that starts once a player gets to his/her ball. That way if there is one slow player in a group, it is that individual who incurs the shot penalty. How about an escalating shot penalty for repeat offenders? One shot first time, two shots second time etc. That would certainly focus a few minds!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

agreed and it has to be consistently applied. Perhaps there should be a GPS based shot timer that starts once a player gets to his/her ball. That way if there is one slow player in a group, it is that individual who incurs the shot penalty. How about an escalating shot penalty for repeat offenders? One shot first time, two shots second time etc. That would certainly focus a few minds!

Personally I'd like to see a yellow card system imposed. One for the first offence and on the clock. If you are on the clock again in the same event and it's a second yellow. Three times in one event and a "red card" and a two shot penalty. Two red cards and you start the next event with a three shot penalty. Of course with millions at stake, and being so radical it won't happen but the tour on both sides of the Atlantic has to take slow play seriously and come up with an equitable and consistent way of getting rid of this scourge