ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates –– The European Tour is hoping to cut rounds by 15 minutes with a new slow-play policy designed to stop players from impersonating snails on the golf course.
European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley pledged last year to address the ongoing problem, and he has acted quickly to put a new strategy in place to get players to move faster. The new pace-of-play policy goes into effect this week.
“Our aspirational goal is to cut 15 minutes off a round on a daily basis,” Pelley said. “We feel that is significant."
The Tour has introduced a two-pronged monitoring and timing policy to force players to speed up.