Nelly Korda’s dishes in slow game – and the tricky shooting clock

Slow competition is one of the hottest topics on golf. There is no day when the social media problem is not endless. Heck, they sting as the broadcaster feels that players take too long to shoot. In an era when the span of attention seems shorter than ever, speeding up the game has never felt more important.

The leaders of the LPGA Tour are well aware of this fact. In recent years, some high-profile slow fines have been made, and some of the biggest events in glacier speed have been covered up.

In this week’s Founders Cup, the tour announced action will be taken to resolve the issue. Earlier this week, the tour sent players a memo outlining the harsh punishments for the game’s breach of pace.

The current game speed policy states that “a player who is not in the position may be punished with unreasonable delays for delays. It takes more than 60 seconds for a player to shoot a shot, including putters and/or b. Player exceeds The maximum time for the total strokes on a given hole to exceed 10 seconds. ”

With a new policy, players can now get a fine of 1 to 5 seconds in the allocated time and receive a penalty for more than 6 to 15 seconds. For violations of 15 seconds, the fine will be two strokes.

“I love it,” Nelly Korda, the world’s number one, told Golf.com. “I think the way to change it is to strengthen the rules. I mean, if you get a one shot, I bet you won’t get one again. It’s all about strengthening it.”

Korda entered her ninth season on the LPGA Tour, and she said her pace of play has slowed significantly in recent years. While the rounds usually take four and a half hours at their maximum time, there are now a few days of groupings that are close to six hours.

“But it’s all over the golf game,” she said. “Like the PGA Tour, there’s this problem.”

With the breakthrough pace of TGL (partially due to the strict 40-second shooting clock), the idea of ​​bringing a shooting clock to a traditional tour has become popular. In fact, Korda said it would be difficult to implement.

“In TGL, you know exactly when it’s your turn,” Korda said. “Sometimes the ball [of your playing partner] Still scrolling on green, but the rule officials or volunteers can’t see it, so it’s not yours now. And, who will do this? Like, if it’s a volunteer, do you really put the power in their hands, you know? I think there are a lot of variables involved that can work for us. ”

There may not be an easy solution to the slow problem, but at least the LPGA Tour is working on. For Corda, it was definitely a win, especially for the fans.

“I think it’ll be better for the fans,” Corda said. “I think they’ll stick with it and watch it ending, rather than losing half of the fans, it’s just like they’re going to stick with it. ”