Major Winner Knows How He Will Fix Slow Race

Collin Morikawa has an idea on how to fix slow gameplay.

And how not to do so.

“What I learned is that monetary fines are useless,” he said. “We make a lot of money and frankly, some people can ignore it – I don’t know how much the fine is, but whatever the X rated amount.”

There is no doubt that the topic of slow gaming has been cheering up. First, there were five and a half hours of rounds in the US Express Championship in mid-January. Then, the pace of playing on Farmers Insurance Open a week later led to CBS analyst Dottie Pepper calling for less selfishness to players. A week later, Tom Kim was with Tom Kim for a moment when he was shown for 40 seconds to introduce him to the ball at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, then swing for another 25 seconds before hitting the free throw area.

So, what do you want to do on a professional golf journey? Morikawa had an idea before the player championship this week. Another type of fine.

Stroke.

“I think after talking to some people, I think you just have to start touching the guy and bringing the actual punishment to the guy, whether it’s a stroke or a FEDEXCUP. … I think they care more about playing golf well and making sure they get into the playoffs and making sure they’re at 70, 50, 30. That’s where it’s tough.”

Of course, the idea is nothing new – Brooks Koepka offered it at the 2023 PGA Championship, and so are others – but it is worth noting that Tuesday was brought up again. It is worth noting that the PGA Tour said on Tuesday that it will test such penalties on Korn Ferry Events this year and create a “race speed” group; the rangefinder tests are allowed on six tours this year; and the speed at which playback data is released.

When asked about the last item in particular, Morikava said he supported it.

“I don’t think it’s a problem. I think there’s anything to hide, right?” he said. “If you’re slow, you know you’re slow. I mean, if you don’t know, there’s a problem. For me, there’s no problem letting go of it, right? It just makes things better because that way it’s either to have a goal for yourself or to take more pressure and hope you pick it up, or get punished. It’s like it’s simple.”

But, it’s all, Morikava said, who thinks these actions will shave Some Time of the turn. There is still a process for shooting, and he says lengthy camera time can emphasize that.

But it also brought data, he said.

“Last week, they released my clip; JJ [Jakovic, his caddie] I shot it,” Morikava said. “I watched the video. I think it was 50 minutes, or it took 45 minutes until I hit the ball.

“People – you know, I read. I read things. Not good, really bad. I was the first person to go to my ball. JJ had to go out of the numbers and people complained, oh, hit the ball. I didn’t just walk on the ball – no one, I mean, Ludwig’s [Aberg] One of the best and fastest players out there. He doesn’t just walk on the camera, like, OK Joe [Skovron, his caddie]this looks like 7 iron. How far is it? It’s 175. OK, perfect, go.

“Like you still have to go with our numbers. We still have to look at the pins. You have to look at the wind, like that’s part of the whole situation. So for me, part of that is how they push it out, and sometimes they make us look slow because like you show JJ’s whole clip, just put the bag down and we go.

“But there are some people out there that take a minute and a half, two minutes, when the camera is on them, on the putter, it’s their turn, it’s too long. That’s why we should post the name. It’s like there’s nothing wrong.”

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