"Simply be faster": Golf insider weighs in on PGA Tour pace of play

Pace of play on the PGA Tour has been the subject of debate for a long time. Players, analysts, and even those in charge have touched on it, but very little has been done to alleviate the problem.

A golf insider, who recently appeared on the Fore Play podcast, believes there's a simple solution that one league has already adopted.

Frankie Borrelli said:

"It took three golfers five hours and ten minutes to finish a round of golf. Two NFL playoff games finished only like 45 minutes longer. And they can't figure a way to just get this shot clock situation to get all these rules into effect so that this game can simply be faster."

Borrelli added that the speed just isn't there, but that it can be. TGL is "a million miles an hour" and Borrelli would like to see the PGA Tour take inspiration from the new league and adopt some rules to speed up the pace of play.

Trent Ryan joined in, noting that sports never underwent changes in the past to preserve their legacy, which is not the case anymore. Ryan said:

"That is gone away... That is the lesson that the PGA Tour needs to take with what's going on with these five-and-a-half-hour rounds."

The Tour can see the impact of rule changes in action, thanks to TGL, and it seems to be working out to speed up the pace of play.

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Golf broadcaster has an idea for PGA Tour pace of play problems

A few months ago, the pace of play discussion on the PGA Tour was as prominent as ever. Golf broadcaster Ian Baker-Finch, a former Open Championship winner, provided a possible solution.

The PGA Tour is sometimes slow (Image via Getty)

Baker-Finch said that the Tour needs to limit rounds to four hours and consider limiting each shot to 30 seconds with the exception of putting, since it requires a reading that other shots don't.

He added (via Golf.com):

“I know a lot of the caddies think that I’m down on the caddies for that. No, not at all. I’m a fan. It appears like over the last decade there’s more and more caddie conversations. You know, it seems to be a minute of discussion. before they even get to line up to the shot. And I think that’s something that, I don’t know how you change that rule or what you do, but that that would be something.”

Baker-Finch acknowledged that it's not a simple fix, but he believes something needs to be done and that an overall round time limit would be good.