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PLAY WILL SPEED UP IN 2018. Well, at least at one event on the European Tour.
As reported by GolfChannel.com, the European Tour will implement a 40-second shot clock on every hole at the Austrian Open in June 2018.
How will it work?
There will be a walking, timer-carrying referee with every group. The first bad time will produce a warning. Each subsequent infraction will incur a one-stroke penalty. One unnamed official estimated that the shot clock could save 45 minutes a round. Imagine that!
The experiment drew support from European Tour players at last week's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, including Ryder Cup members Lee Westwood and Andy Sullivan.
"It underlines how long 40 seconds is to play a shot," Sullivan said, "and how ridiculous it is that rounds take so long. The sooner it's introduced on tour, the better."
Hear! Hear!
Source: A 40-Second Shot Clock Coming to European Tour
As reported by GolfChannel.com, the European Tour will implement a 40-second shot clock on every hole at the Austrian Open in June 2018.
How will it work?
There will be a walking, timer-carrying referee with every group. The first bad time will produce a warning. Each subsequent infraction will incur a one-stroke penalty. One unnamed official estimated that the shot clock could save 45 minutes a round. Imagine that!
The experiment drew support from European Tour players at last week's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, including Ryder Cup members Lee Westwood and Andy Sullivan.
"It underlines how long 40 seconds is to play a shot," Sullivan said, "and how ridiculous it is that rounds take so long. The sooner it's introduced on tour, the better."
Hear! Hear!
Source: A 40-Second Shot Clock Coming to European Tour
