Bryson DeChambeau Slams ‘Out of Control’ Pace of Play at The Open Championship

Pace of play on the links is an inexact science, and Bryson DeChambeau didn’t mince words when discussing what he referred to as “out of control” pacing during The Open Championship this weekend.

Speaking after his third round, DeChambeau, whose front nine at Royal Portrush went far quicker than his back nine, proposed a “very simple” solution.

“You individually time everybody for their whole entire round,” DeChambeau said, according to GOLF.com. “It’s very simple. Nobody wants to do it because people are too scared to get exposed, which I’m an advocate for. I’d love to be timed, and I have no problem with that. My putting — I’m more deliberate and take more time on that, but when it comes to iron shots and off the tee, I’m pretty fast.”

Many of Thursday’s rounds loomed around or just went over the six-hour mark. Friday wasn’t much better. DeChambeau got behind the eight-ball on Thursday, shooting a 78 on Day 1, followed by a 65-stroke round on Day 2.

“I can tell you, [the] first two rounds — it was uncontrolled what I noticed,” DeChambeau stated, according to Sports Illustrated. “That’s the best way individuals play. Lengthy story brief, someday I hope we will have a greater system.”

“It’s not tough in any respect,” added DeChambeau, who’s tied for thirty fourth place headed into Sunday. 

“I believe it will be extra truthful in the direction of everyone,” DeChambeau stated, per GOLF.com. “You realize if any person is taking part in slower, the [official] can go as much as them and say, ‘Hey man, you’re over par together with your time.’ All you do is you simply time them for each shot — he will get there, places the bag down, and the way lengthy it takes them to hit that shot … to stroll to the inexperienced — it’s not rocket science. You time how lengthy somebody takes individually, and you then separate that from the opposite particular person taking part in. You begin-stop on them the entire complete factor.”

Scottie Scheffler has a four-stroke lead on Hao-Tong Li for first place at 14 underneath par going into the ultimate day of the event.

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The PGA Tour is reducing field sizes for the majority of non-Signature events subsequent spring. The utmost discipline measurement will go down from 156 gamers to 144, and single-course occasions performed prior to sunlight financial savings time will drop to 120 (they’re at the moment 144 or 132), whereas occasions from daylight financial savings time till the Masters will cap at 132 gamers.

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