In the LPGA founders’ Cup, Nelly Korda shared her thoughts on the new LPGA rhythm policy and the potential for an hour shot at Golf.
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Slow game is one of the hottest topics in golf. There is no day that there is no fraud on the issue on social media. Heck, even transmitters are Entry to the candlestick When they feel that a player is taking a lot of time for a blow. In an era when attention spaces are seemingly shorter than ever, speeding of the game has never felt more important.
The LPGA Tour leadership knows this fact very well. There were some High -profile Slow Playing Punishments withdrew in recent years while some of the biggest events have been in the shade from the rhythm of the glaciers.
In the founders of this week, the tournament announced that it will take action to solve the problem. At the beginning of the week, the tour sent a memorandum to the players describing the fiercest sentences for the game’s pace violations.
The current play rhythm policy says “a player in a group that is out of position can be penalized for unreasonable delay if: a. The player requires more than 60 seconds to play a blow, including Putts, and/or B. Players exceed the maximum time set for total strokes in a given hole for more than 10 seconds. , and will take a penalty with a stroke to spend 6 to 15 seconds. For violations over 15 seconds, the penalty will be two strokes.
“I like”, World no. 1 nelly cord told Golf.com. “I think the way to change it is simply to strengthen the rules. I mean, if you get a penalty with a stroke, I bet you will never get one again. It all has to do with its strengthening.”
Cord, who is entering her ninth season at the LPGA Tour, said she has seen the pace of the game to slow down in recent years. While rounds once to take four and a half hours in the max, there are now days when the groups approach the six-hour sign.
“But this is all over the golf game,” she said. “Like PGA Tour has that problem too.”
With the sharp rhythm of TGL-due to a strict hour of 40 seconds-ideas to bring an hour shot to traditional tournaments has become a popular. However, in practice, 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 game partner) is still relying on green, but an official of rules or volunteers can’t see it, so it’s not your turn yet. And also who will do it? , if a volunteer does it, will you really put so much power in their hands, you know that there are many variables involved to enter the game for us.
There can be no simple solution to the problem of slow game, but at least the LPGA Tour is making an effort. And for cords, this is definitely a victory – especially for fans.
“I think it will be better for fans,” Korda said. “Instead of losing half of your fans in the nine rear, I feel as if I see they will stick with and watch his end.”
