ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – When Keith Pelley took over as the chief executive officer of the European Tour last year he promised to take on slow play in professional golf.
On Wednesday at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, Pelley unveiled a new policy that may not be the answer to slow play but certainly is an interesting start.
Under the new policy, which was approved on Tuesday at a players-only meeting, “monitoring” will begin as soon as a group has been deemed out of position.
Any player who then exceeds the time permitted for a stroke, 40 seconds and an additional 10 seconds for those who play first, will be issued a “monitoring penalty.