Who is slower - Spieth or Day?

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Seems like the officials have had words a couple of times.

"All Day" doesn't seem as bad as he was a couple of years ago. Jordan, good as he is, does seem to faff over short shots and putts at times. Tough one.
 
IainP said:
Seems like the officials have had words a couple of times.

"All Day" doesn't seem as bad as he was a couple of years ago. Jordan, good as he is, does seem to faff over short shots and putts at times. Tough one.
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Spieth does have a very annoying habit of stepping away from putts to check his line again doesn't he.
 
They have said a few times Day has walked away from the green to the tee whilst Spieth puts out

Seems to be Speith being slow
 
I've a lot of admiration for Spieth but having followed him around a number of rounds at Gleneagles and St Andrews in the last 12 months I found he can be infuriatingly slow. His swishy club/shot selection routine can really drag on and easily turn into 15 - 20 little practice swings.
 
They were both annoyingly slow IMHO. And thinking about that, we can see the effects of their behaviour on our courses every time we are out...
 
Were they at risk of a shot penalty like that amateur was at the masters, or ross Fisher (I think) at Celtic Manor???
 
I have started to find Spieth irritating to watch as he is so slow - Day used to be super slow also but does seem to have improved. Over putts Spieth started to look like Bradley as he stood behind it, walked up to it, walked away again (backwards) and repeat. I also find Spieth a little bit of a drama queen with his (over) reaction to perceived poor shots or lip outs...he was like it in The Ryder Cup too. Shame because otherwise I really like him and think he's great for the game!!
 
Really noticed it Thursday or Friday, whichever day the Spieth was in the 'Featured Group' on the red button, as the camera's didn't jump about looking for someone actually playing golf as they normally do for Keegan, couple of times I thought he was waiting for a green to clear, turned out he was just knobbing about!
 
AmandaJR said:
I have started to find Spieth irritating to watch as he is so slow - Day used to be super slow also but does seem to have improved. Over putts Spieth started to look like Bradley as he stood behind it, walked up to it, walked away again (backwards) and repeat. I also find Spieth a little bit of a drama queen with his (over) reaction to perceived poor shots or lip outs...he was like it in The Ryder Cup too. Shame because otherwise I really like him and think he's great for the game!!
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I find his emotion and self commentary nice to see and give a good insight into his thoughts. Do think he lacks a little of the X-factor that comes with other greats but he gets results and seems to be a real sportsman. Sets a great example to kids everywhere (with the possible exception of pace of play). He does seem to do a bit to much faffing around and backing off the ball etc.

Day has a slow and deliberate PSR but at least when he stood up to the ball after his squinting visualisation he usually pulls the trigger and then marches on with a bit of purpose.

Having played on Saturday with two very young juvenilles and don't need to look far to see how the pro's are influcening the grass roots of the sport. The difference is the pros take the time and can then smack the ball to within a few feet. A lot less frustrating than a relatively long preshot routine followed by a duff and then repeat of the PSR.
 
I have to agree with the influence on the amateur game. I played on Sunday around a 9 hole pay to play short course with 4 par 4s; The Greens are sub-standard, and the average player there is a complete novice. The group of 3 in front of us were absolute beginners (one of them was missing the ball regularly when trying to hit it off the tee), which is absolutely fine, but when they got to the green they were all bending down, then walking to the other side of the ball, and taking an age to putt, trying to read the greens. It might be acceptable (not in my opinion), if the greens were immaculate, but it's a cheap parkland course and some of them could barely hit the ball.

Disappointing that people should assume that this is how it should be done, especially when they probably have no idea what they are looking at anyways!
 
There's one member at my club who is notorious for having a "deliberate" PSR which is bad enough but if someone makes a noise or moves during his PSR he stops, berates the offender and starts his PSR all over again. Funnily enough he's not a popular man.
 
Tarkus1212 said:
There's one member at my club who is notorious for having a "deliberate" PSR which is bad enough but if someone makes a noise or moves during his PSR he stops, berates the offender and starts his PSR all over again. Funnily enough he's not a popular man.
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On the other side of things its poor etiquette to cause a distraction during an opponents shots, this includes the pre-shot routine.

Deliberate can be viewed in several ways, it would be helpful if you could indicate which way you mean, many people would love to have a deliberate pre-shot routine that was the same each time to hopefully reduce nerves and give you confidence over the ball. To me that is deliberate, what do you class as deliberate?

BTW I call a spade a spade, so if you mean long and drawn out best to say that. ;)
 
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