CliveW
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A chill wind in Perthshire today especially if you're not moving. I guess if you spend all your time playing golf in the USA you'll feel it.
Solheim Cup
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User20204
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Do you think them taking 6 hours to play a round will encourage many girls/ladies to play ? My understanding is, it's been one of the main talking points the whole weekend, yet some wish for it to be ignored.
Jacko_G
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It’s not a case of ignoring it, as some of the commentators said, this is possibly the biggest moment in some of their careers and they want to win, they don’t care how long they take.
The Solheim Cup or equivalent is not the place to tackle slow play.
The professional game (both men and women) have an issue.
The Ryder Cup is equally pedestrian though
robinthehood
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Pro golf is slow... tbf it doesn't take away from the spectacle on TV.
User20204
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As I say, it's pretty much the biggest talking point about the whole weekend, two minutes on twitter will show you that. The very fact that nothing is ever done about slow play in the pro game means they don't need to care how long they take.
As one pundit said, they are in the entertainment industry and you are not entertaining your customers by taking 6 hours.
I don't disagree however, I read and heard more about this time round than in any other previous cup, beit male or female.
I'm going tomorrow, I will pass my own judgement on it tomorrow, the forecast is much better than today, not saying that will speed anything up but hopefully improve the level of golf.
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Have a good day tomorrow.
As I put above though, 5 previous threads on here about The Solheim Cup going back to 2011 and everyone of them littered with comments about slow play.
It’s an issue, but obviously not serious enough at the top level for those in charge of the game to do anything about it.
User20204
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IanG
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We're going tomorrow with a bus from our club. The bus leaves at 18.30 prompt as mandated by the Solheim organisation. If they play slow we miss the finale - tough luck on us. So slow play does matter to the paying punters. They need to fix it.
User20204
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Georgia Hall V Lexi, think I know what game I'll be following, probably have the biggest gallery I suspect.
Kellfire
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The only person to receive a warning for slow play was Ciganda and she’s in the first match. That should keep the slow play whingers happy.
User20204
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Didn't Salas get warned twice on Friday.
I didn’t notice a decent pair of muffs in any footage I saw 😜
Kellfire
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Today I meant.
Siolag
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It was absolutely freezing up at the 3rd and 4th holes, the wind would cut right though you.
There were a lot of fans there wearing shorts! I had 4 layers on my torso.
User20204
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It's absolutely freezing here.
AmandaJR
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I thought the same - although she may get an early bath!
Captainron
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Petterson to sink the winner at about 6pm tonight on the 17th hole
User20204
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The amount of folk inside the ropes at the Hall/Lexi match is absurd. Must be near 100
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