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Don't take slow play sitting down.
I love this letter from reader Joe Stoessel in Marietta, Georgia. For those of you who have tried everything to stop slow play or at least get slow players to see the error of their...
By Bob Carney
Published Apr. 16, 2009
Keywords Slow Play solutions

Blog: Editors' Blog

Slow Play
Fred Brattain of Corona, California, has been following the slow-play debate on the tours, reported on by Jaime Diaz earlier this month in Golf World. Having played a three-hour round (walking) myself this morning and...
Published May. 30, 2008
Keywords Slow Play

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Slow Play
Ohioan Tom Howenstine has had it with five-hour rounds and he blames the pros. I'm sure he had a fit yesterday watching Phil Mickelson take two and a half minutes to pull the trigger on...
Published May. 09, 2008
Keywords Slow Play

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Slow Play, cont'd
John Chansky of Framingham, Mass., writes on the game's and the tour's nemesis: slow play. He likes what he sees on the LPGA Tour. The PGA Tour not so much. Once again the LPGA trumps...
Published Mar. 04, 2008
Keywords Slow Play

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Coping with Slow Play
Californian John Kaufman writes seeking advice. He wants to know how to cope with slow play delays: I am an avid golfer but have a unique question to ask you. I have what I consider...
Published Feb. 20, 2008
Keywords Slow Play

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Slow Play, cont'd
Following our post yesterday on the subject of slow play, I present a couple of interesting letters touching on the subject. The first responds to Stina Sternberg's Ask Stina column in December. A two-handicap woman...
Published Nov. 28, 2007
Keywords Slow Play

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Slow Play at the Open
First-round U.S. Open leader Justin Hicks, the first Michigan Wolverine to star in the Open since Chuck Koscis was low amateur in the event, had a bad day Friday, shooting 80. His name was not...
Published Jun. 14, 2008
Keywords Justin Hicks | Slow Play

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Slow Play and Marketing
This letter gives me the chills. It's from Gary Myers of Seymour, Indiana, about slow play on the Tour and I know he can't be right. Can he?: In response to the article by Jamie...
Published May. 19, 2008
Keywords PGA Tour | Slow Play

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Diaz on Slow Play
Jaime Diaz's column on the Tour's slow play brought several letters, including that of Steven Roby of Glendale, Arizona: I wanted to compliment Jaime Diaz on his fine back page piece in Golf World about...
Published May. 14, 2008
Keywords Jaime Diaz | Slow Play

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Slow Play and Arnie
Here's a thoughtful letter from Golf World reader on the subject of slow play, which has come up again and again this year. Dear Editor, Slow play is not about the PGA officials who actually...
By Bob Carney
Published Sep. 02, 2009
Keywords Golf Digest | Palmer | slow play

Blog: Editors' Blog

The slow play virus
The FedEx Cup playoffs move to Chicago, but your heart is in the slow play debate and your letters prove that while professional golf occupies a great deal of space in our publications, what's really...
By Bob Carney
Published Sep. 03, 2009
Keywords PGA Tour | Slugger White | slow play

Blog: Local Knowledge

Remember this? 'Harrington...the slowest player on tour'
The bulk of the discussion on the slow-play fracas that evolved in the final round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday centers around Tiger Woods' criticism of the rules official for, well, for enforcing the...
By John Strege
Published Aug. 11, 2009
Keywords Padraig Harrington | Tiger Woods | slow play
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