From the professional game to chip and putt, Augusta chairman Fred, concerned about the game pace

Augusta, Ga. – The pace of play could be under an increased exam at the Masters this week.

It certainly has the attention of chairman Fred Ridley.
With the PGA tour to switch on New initiatives next week Ridley was aimed at the speed of the game at the tournaments and said he was to continue the dialogue in connection with the hot topic.

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“Playing without inappropriate delay, as the rules and the traditions of the game prescribe, is an essential ability of the Golf at all levels,” said Ridley on Wednesday in his prepared comments. “I believe that the challenges that experts face each week also believe that the game speed is an important element of testing the best players in the world.

“Golf is a special game because we are considerate and are competitive at the same time. The time of other people, including fans who support the game, is a fundamental courtesy. That is why I would like to promote the continued dialogue on this topic, especially at professional levels that serve as the most visible representation of our sport.”

From next week at the RBC Heritage, the tour will be enabled to the design finder during the competition. It has also committed to promise the slowest players by punishing repetition fans and the publication of average stroke times.

The tour has no longer distributed Slow-Play penalty in a stroke event since 1995. Only one master participant in the recent memory has received a one-shot penalty at the 2013 Masters-and 14-year-old Guan Tianlang.

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This year’s Masters offers 95 players with a double, Davis Riley and Patton Kizzire, who runs at 7:40 a.m. Ridley hoped that this two -ball could “exert a little more pressure” the following groups to keep up.

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“I will not tell you that I will be satisfied with the results, but I think I am encouraged that the PGA tour does some things and experiment with some time procedures that may be a bit more aggressive than we have seen in the past,” said Ridley.

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Ridley was asked about the look of some competitors in the last trip, chip & putt by taking Aimpoint on the greens and taking about two minutes to make a stroke.

For this reason, Ridley said to anticipate changes to the junior event next spring.

“I also noticed exactly what they noticed,” he said. “It is interesting, but every phase of the competition has the same length chip and the same length, so it is really not necessary to play it off. You know how many meters it is. But they did.

“I think it is certain that you will find a kind of time restrictions for the competition next year at The Drive, Chip & Putt.”