Hurry up and make an example of Bryson DeChambeau over slow play
If the focus on the world No 8 results in improvement on slow play then the criticism of the player will have been justified
Ewan Murray
PHOTO Bryson DeChambeau lines up a putt during the Northern Trust event last weekend.
A hilarious scene played out on the penultimate day of the Latin America Amateur Championship this year. While irked – and worried – by the delivery of a warning over slow play, Alvaro Ortiz took to hitting shots half a hole in front of his playing partners. The Mexican was battering drives away whilst his fellow players eyed up putts on the previous green, before officialdom delivered a hitherto unheard-of message: slow down.
There was no levity surrounding the Northern Trust event in New York last weekend. Bryson DeChambeau grabbed the spotlight in a manner far removed from typically upbeat portrayals of the world No 8. The undertone was that plenty in golf, including fellow professionals, had grown tired of DeChambeau’s “mad scientist” persona. The issue causing the rumpus was even easier to detect, with DeChambeau’s glacial pace of play leading him into uncharted territory as fellow competitors opened fire, one by one.
Footage of DeChambeau went viral; be it pacing out a 70-yard approach shot or spending more than two minutes assessing an 11ft putt. The contrast with Hinako Shibuno, winner of the Women’s British Open while standing on no ceremony whatsoever, was as startling as it was depressing. That before we even get to Ortiz’s extroverted approach.
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If the focus on the world No 8 results in improvement on slow play then the criticism of the player will have been justified
Ewan Murray
PHOTO Bryson DeChambeau lines up a putt during the Northern Trust event last weekend.
A hilarious scene played out on the penultimate day of the Latin America Amateur Championship this year. While irked – and worried – by the delivery of a warning over slow play, Alvaro Ortiz took to hitting shots half a hole in front of his playing partners. The Mexican was battering drives away whilst his fellow players eyed up putts on the previous green, before officialdom delivered a hitherto unheard-of message: slow down.
There was no levity surrounding the Northern Trust event in New York last weekend. Bryson DeChambeau grabbed the spotlight in a manner far removed from typically upbeat portrayals of the world No 8. The undertone was that plenty in golf, including fellow professionals, had grown tired of DeChambeau’s “mad scientist” persona. The issue causing the rumpus was even easier to detect, with DeChambeau’s glacial pace of play leading him into uncharted territory as fellow competitors opened fire, one by one.
Footage of DeChambeau went viral; be it pacing out a 70-yard approach shot or spending more than two minutes assessing an 11ft putt. The contrast with Hinako Shibuno, winner of the Women’s British Open while standing on no ceremony whatsoever, was as startling as it was depressing. That before we even get to Ortiz’s extroverted approach.
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