RBC Heritage winner Matt Fitzpatrick has furiously slammed slow play on the PGA Tour! Matt Fitzpatrick has called slow play “a disgrace” after playing with Patrick Cantlay last weekend.
MATT FITZ TOTALLY FURIOUS at the BRUTALLY SLOW PLAY after the RBC Heritage!
RBC Heritage winner Matt Fitzpatrick has spoken out about slow play in golf and more recently the masters 2023! Matt called on the slow play on the PGA tour calling the current situation “a disgrace.”
Fitzpatrick, 28, played this past Sunday’s final round in a group with Jordan Spieth and Patrick Cantlay. Matt Fitz isn’t the only one speaking about slow play! LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka, who was playing Augusta National in the group behind Cantlay with eventual winner Jon Rahm, took a shot at the 31-year-old following the round saying he and his playing partner Viktor Hovland were “brutally slow”… surely it is time for something to be done about this?!
Cantlay has been under a microscope by fans and players in both the Masters and the RBC Heritage. Cantlay made the trip to Louisiana this week and playing with good friend Xander Schauffele, whom he won the tournament with last year.
We saw Brooks Koepka totally furious about the brutally slow play last week, Was Brutally Slow” Pace Of Play An Issue At The Masters? I certainly think it was! There was a noticeable slowdown in the pace of play at the Masters in 2023, Brooks Koepka called it “brutally slow” and i am not surprised! Brooks was saying the group in front of them with Patrick Cantlay and Viktor Hovland may have been responsible.
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41 Comments
I knew this would be the case! It all stems from the TOP
Slow players kill golf!
What I see at a club level is that slow play is mostly caused by the amount of time players take to walk to their ball. Yes you do get some golfers who watch others play before they even start to think about their shot but on average it’s the time between shots that’s the real problem. But I think it’s worth pointing out that at many golf clubs the membership is made up of players who are 60+ and often quite unhealthy. They can’t hit the ball very far and it takes an age for them to reach their next shot. The reason I point this out is because, yes I agree that slow play is frustrating but at club level we need to show some humility. As for the professional game, I think tv companies should put pressure on the PGA to force them to act. Money talks in professional sport. If the game becomes boring to watch the tv station will loose out.
Most of the time I’ve decided club aim etc before I get to the ball you can get the distance as you are walking to the ball. 1 practice swing at most and hit the bloody ball 😂
hi Alex we paid for 18 last week
walked off after 9 holes .
everyone has to learn but all the group in front were playing 2 balls.
need more course marshals
love the channel
Wesley Bryant just did 18 holes in 90 minutes .. so I think 3 hours is a reasonable target 4 hours for 4 balls … somewhere in between for 2&3 … there should be a course check in system warning etc … as soon as it’s just publicised people will have it in mind you don’t have to actually rush at all
You’re so right about learned behavior. I play at a club where during normal play guys take too long and are disorganized. Then when it is a monthly medal or weekend tourney, they go even slower. A club level golfer throwing up grass 5 times, changing clubs numerous times on a hundred yard shot. Waiting for the green to clear 300 yards away after the well hit 200 yard driver. Then it’s ten times worse on the green. Paralysis through analysis.
If all players used buggies then had 2 minutes to hit there shots I believe this would get round times to 4hrs or under
The refs are invisible because the host of the venue is NOT addressing the issue. As such, would you want to single-handedly be the stick-in-the-mud, even if you were justified and doing your job?!?!? FIX THIS YESTERDAY!!!
It’s been brutal for years. Needs to be fixed. Hey, Trying to grow a YouTube channel – would appreciate support at Tee-Payne Golf –
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Cantlay has the personality of a house brick.
Alex, I’m 100% on board with your thoughts. This is not difficult to fix; the PGA Tour just doesn’t have the will to do it. Why, I have no idea. Hopefully what we have witnessed at Augusta and Hilton Head will provide the impetus to take action.
I agree completely. This happens at every level. The professional level should be setting the example of how this should be done. Slow play is disrespectful to your group and everyone else on the course.
Yeah, if more than one person was telling me I was slow, I WOULD DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO FIX IT. The fact that he aloofly refuses to address it is ridiculous. The PGA can easily fix this by administering strokes but they won't do it.
Watching Patrick Cantlay is like watching paint dry, I think slow
Play ruins the game, and as a amateur I think something needs to be done about it.
I am a pretty avid * disc * golfer, and i'm cracking up because on our version of the tour we have the same issue with a few pro players and the same debates about how to handle it. Everything is volunteer run in our sport still, so we don't have referees or anything to enforce rules, all on the players, who wont because they are competing against each other every weekend. Even worse when its a local casual round and someone is treating it like a pro event and still shooting awfully, silliness.
Your videos are too slow.😅
It's pointless giving a shot penalty to someone who's not going to win, like Cantlay at the Masters, so why not put it on their next elevated event so they start at +1 or +2 so they are under pressure from Thursday to 1. Make the Cut, 2. overhaul a 2 shot lead of the best players on tour.
snipers located in the bushes would work 🙂
… why do i have this distinct feeling that Cantlay is a cu^t and does it on purpose … saw him in quite a few situations … masrers , and that play off he had with Scott Sh. … he looked like he was doing it just to annoy and break their focus …
Caddy Player interaction is over the top in my view. Lining up putts routine is over the top. That said these guys are playing for millions of dollars. If that extra time interacting with caddy or lining up putt leads to a well executed shot then so be it. Having Sheriffs on the local course is a joke and one reason I gave club golf away (3 hcp). If you are in a foursome and you are looking for one players ball nearly every hole you all get tarred with the same brush. Not fair but the local sheriff picks on the whole group. At Club level a 3hcp could be playing with a 5 12 and 18 marker. This is why at many clubs people who know each other play together every week..avoids confrontations over slow play. After working hard all week who wants some nuffy looking over there shoulder whilst playing golf on Saturday?
A player should be allowed one placement on the green. Get rid of the "line" on your ball. Outlaw it. Cantley and D.J are disgusting. 45 seconds once your turn begins. Stroke penalty
at 46 seconds. It'll end quick!
the king of slow olay was glen (all day) day. he was miserably slow. so was langer.still is
The PGA should Assign one referee with each group. If a player is playing slow they should get a yellow card like in soccer/football. They get two yellow cards (warnings) then if they get a third it's a red card and it's a one stroke penalty.
Just stop! This will never change….if you don’t have time for 9 or 18, plan your time better 😂
Tour Level-penalize the player at current tournament of 2 strokes or next tournament of 3 at start.
Agree with Matt, we have the same issue at our club. Nothing is ever done but accommodate slowness.
Back when I was about 20, it took 4 hours to play a round of golf. And I was not playing for money. This slow play crap need sot go and these impatient people need to learn patience or change hobbies/careers. Imagine playing for millions, and every shot needs to be carefully thought out for you to try your best to WIN. Then you have some who just want to play and get it over with and they are complaining that some players are slower than they are. To me, those fast players are not taking the time it takes to execute each shot as perfectly as possible. Just my .02 cents worth. Stop crying or go home.
You aren't going to change a player's behavior until their are consequences for their behavior, in this case, SLOW PLAY! Part of the issue is that they allow Patrick and his caddy to discuss every freaking shot before he hits one. The chip shot Cantley hit were he was on the green but had to carry the mound had at least 3 minutes of discussion before he hit it. That shot was NOT that difficult!! If the group was out of position on that hole, he should have received a bad time by the official. After the 2nd chip shot, where he was up against the wooden barrier, he would have received another bad time, which should have resulted in a penalty shot.
I agree – the rules are there, but they're not enforced on the tours. The refs. don't want to confront players. No one wants to step in and 'punish' the Big Names. But in the real world of golf (mine anyway) slow play is all about getting as many players out on the course as possible – to make money. There's a huge drive going on (in France) to get people into the game. Free first lessons, etc. But these newbies then go out onto the course and hack their way around. The courses are crowded. Everyone standing around waiting. 20-shots to play a par-5, no problem. 10-putts…no worries. Can't hit the ball more than 50m… No respect for/knowledge of the rules or etiquette. Makes the game unplayable. In summer, 5-hours minimum, but closer to 6, to play 18-holes.
Definitely on the ball Alex waiting on players in front continually gives most golfers a burst of the squirts, needs to be addressed.
I played behind a group yesterday that was just pathetic. We were moving right along and then we hit a wall of slow play! On the tee this one guy would be at his cart and not ready to hit his tee shot, all the other guys would hit then he would get out his club, squat to tee his ball up, then stand and set up then back away and take three practice swings! Then he would proceed to skull the ball 100 yards down the fairway! I'd be wore out at the end of 9 holes if I took that many practice swings!
I agree with the penalty for slow play on the tour. These guys are professional players, they know exactly how far they hit each club in their bag, they know how to shape the shot going in and how the ball will react. So HIT THE BALL! Stop screwing around and hit it! One warning for slow play you lose one shot, two warnings you lose three shots and a third warning you get DQ! Money means nothing to these guys as sponsors would pay the fine anyway!
As a Muny golfer who deals with slow play on a regular basis. I feel the PGA Tour could do us all a service by upholding slow play rules which they obviously have not! If the everyday golfer were watching Slow Play being penalized on TV, it might be a good Wake Up call for the everyday golfer to learn from! I grew up caddying at a private club and they taught us as children Golf Educate. I now play at public and semi private courses where the Marshalls rarely push the slow groups.
WAKE UP PGA!
They have to cram the bazillion commercials into each tourney and that takes time. !
Don’t watch it slow play it’s all like watching paint dry crap
Slow play Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks. Time the game. Please add timers.
Don't blame Cantley, the blame lies on officials not enforcing slow play. I remember Spieth taking over 20 minutes to play a shot at The Open – but no one pointed at the golden boy.
At club level, what wastes the most time? Looking for balls (no one sets their watch to time 3 minutes). Rarely happens on tour because there are usually plenty of eyes. So the solution is for your drippy golf mates to stop nattering and watch eveyone' s shot because 2 or 3 or 4 pairs of eyes are better than one. Come-on guys, you can have your natter between shots. Anything over 4 hours is not acceptable and the tour groups should pull themselves up just as the club groups should.
The LI V is nonstop action
The most stupid thing about it is fans taking out their phones to time some one like Cantlay, because he's next to a tree thinking about his shot. I get it, he's a slow player. But do you realize he's #4 in the world? You could scoot yourself in there–you have time -duh–and witness a professional almost 7 feet away do his thing. For about $50. The closest you'll ever get to Mahomes is 50 yards, with a $1K ticket, and Lebron, yes, with a $2k ticket.