"A fluorescent orange bib": Camilo Villegas calls for shame as punishment for slow players

Camilo Villegas started his competitive season at the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii. Ahead of the event, he gave his opinion on one of the biggest issues marring golf at the moment: slow play.

The Colombian golfer is the latest to join the list of golfers fed up with the slow pace of play. He believed that the issue needed to be resolved and suggested a shame punishment adding in an opinion reportedly given by Michael Kim.

"The way I see it, those guys are breaking the rules. There needs to be consequences. I think their names should be posted in the locker room in font 30, and Michael Kim brought this up a little while back, their caddie should wear a fluorescent orange bib. Make them feel bad," he said [via Sports Illustrated].

He further added:

"That’s not the way this game should be played. The Tour’s never going to do that. I wish they did."

While there are penalties and sanctions in place to try and curb slow play issues, the rules are rarely applied in elite circuits. The PGA Tour even tried introducing weekend cuts to reduce field sizes. However, no solution has satisfactorily cured the problem and slow play issues continue bugging the queued-up participants as well as viewers.

Villegas further said in his conversation:

"We had the b***s to do the changes last year so maybe we do have the b***s to enforce pace of play a little better."

Villegas also gave his insights on how he intends to attend the PGA Tour meetings to aid in the betterment of the sport.

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"I’m really looking forward to learning from them" - Camilo Villegas on sitting in PGA Tour meetings

Camilo Villegas at the Charles Schwab Challenge (Source: Imagn)

Camilo Villegas served on the Player Advisory Council last year hoping to work for the betterment of the PGA Tour. The last meeting took place in November with Villegas in attendance. He also plans on attending the next meeting and talking about his concerns.

The 43-year-old spoke about the experience of sitting in a PGA Tour meeting, saying:

"Obviously some of the people sitting in this board meeting are members of many other boards and businesspeople, and they’re very involved with sports and different leagues."

He further added:

"And I’m really looking forward to learning from them, and I’m really looking forward to just kind of giving my honest feedback, opinion, and adding my two cents."

Camilo Villegas couldn't make the cut at the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii. Round 3 of the event is currently underway at the Wai'alae Country Club.