Bryson not happy about being put on the clock...

[t4t3r]

These guys don’t come to me every day and tell me how long I should spend doing my job, but my point is that I just don’t really care how slow/fast they are. I enjoy the player/caddie interactions if I’m honest.

 

I don’t particularly care to listen to Bryson because I simply believe he’s not as much of a genius as he wants us all to think he is - the Feherty show was enough proof for me; however, it’s up to him to do whatever he wants within the constraints of the rules and the time he has between shots. Cartwheels, smoke a cigarette, whatever floats his boat, but it’s on him to do it in the allotted amount of time.

[Barfolomew]

Dont understand slow players at all! You've only hit that same shot a million times, you dont even need to consult a caddy to decide but if that makes you feel better go ahead. Standing there with your arms folded having a full on discussion before even pulling a club is hysterical. You know what club you're playin right away...

 

But Im biased so I wont voice my opinion...

[Krt22]

> @t4t3r said:

> **These guys don’t come to me every day and tell me how long I should spend doing my job**, but my point is that I just don’t really care how slow/fast they are. I enjoy the player/caddie interactions if I’m honest.

>

> I don’t particularly care to listen to Bryson because I simply believe he’s not as much of a genius as he wants us all to think he is - the Feherty show was enough proof for me; however, it’s up to him to do whatever he wants within the constraints of the rules and the time he has between shots. Cartwheels, smoke a cigarette, whatever floats his boat, but it’s on him to do it in the allotted amount of time.

 

If they were the one's essentially paying your salary, they might.

 

 

[57Seve]

Players who take an eon are killing the game. And BDS is right at the top of the offenders list. No sympathy.

E = M C Hurryyourarseup

 

[bspn]

> @t4t3r said:

> These guys don’t come to me every day and tell me how long I should spend doing my job, but my point is that I just don’t really care how slow/fast they are. I enjoy the player/caddie interactions if I’m honest.

>

> I don’t particularly care to listen to Bryson because I simply believe he’s not as much of a genius as he wants us all to think he is ...

I'm not qualified to opine :) , but I was watching a tournament with my buddy one day who is (an AE with a PHD in Physics) and had never seen BAD's schtick before. His reaction? "What the f*** is this dips*** talking about? Nothing he just said makes any sense."

 

[mcskow]

> I'm not qualified to opine :) , but I was watching a tournament with my buddy one day who is (an AE with a PHD in Physics) and had never seen BAD's schtick before. His reaction? "What the f*** is this dips*** talking about? Nothing he just said makes any sense."

>

When he first got on tour, I remember him saying in an interview that he calculated his yardages using a numerical summation. That's when I was sure he was full of crap.

 

-Mechanical Engineering major, and I actually graduated

 

[LittleLeftToRight]

When Bryson hit the tour you could tell he was a little entitled and to think he could reinvent golf was rather, well, hubris comes to mind.

 

He earned the nickname De-Sham-Blah around me. That about sums him up.

[musclefront]

deShampoo is a tool plain and simple. When he explained how his lower back hurt by naming the muscles - he named the wrong ones....also when he said mentioned the ball's 'terminal velocity' on the green when it hit the flag from 200 odd out, he's flat wrong. that not terminal velocity because the green is friction, it's physics 101 what a tool

[rmgatl]

> @musclefront said:

> deShampoo is a tool plain and simple. When he explained how his lower back hurt by naming the muscles - he named the wrong ones....also when he said mentioned the ball's 'terminal velocity' on the green when it hit the flag from 200 odd out, he's flat wrong. that not terminal velocity because the green is friction, it's physics 101 what a tool

 

I taught an advanced engineering class at smu a long time ago...so probably not relevant now, but every time I hear Bryson referred to as a rocket scientist I think about my students all flipping out over my first test average in the high 70s. Avg class gpa before running into me must have been 3.6 or 3.7. They all had really nice cars though.

[JDCON]

What's worse - slow play or fans who feel the need to shout on every shot "babbabooey!" or some such idiocy? I'd argue the latter, but both hurt the game. I'm a DeChambeau fan, but hurry the F up.

[ExTrumpet]

Bryson would be much more popular if he simply wore a regular hat. With a bent bill.

 

Honor Hogan by leaving that ugly lid at home--or put on some knickers like Payne did.

[Skhacker]

> @golfandfishing said:

> “I get up there in the middle of the fairway and I have to wait for them to go, and then I have only my 40 seconds.”

>

> He can do almost all of his phony baloney smart boy stuff while waiting on others. But that means the camera won’t pick him up talking about air density, angle of descent, daylight savings time or if he can astrally project his ball onto the green or not. His science schtick is played out, he doesn’t know what any of his terms mean and this college dropout isn’t applying anything but wind direction and yardage like everyone else. But he has to wait to go through the process until the camera is on him so his 40 seconds isn’t enough since he stands there smelling his own farts the rest of the time.

I literally just spit out a bit of my coffee.

 

 

[dolfinack]

This is so easy. Tour pros who come off with this bull are insulting our intelligence.

Just play faster. It truly is that simple.

[Dr. Bombay]

> @JonnyKrasnodar said:

> _Begs the question of what him and his caddy are doing while "waiting" on others to play._ What takes 40 seconds to figure out God only knows. Still, at the women's event at the weekend Catriona Matthew tweeted that it was over 3 hours for 9 holes. Ridiculous.

Good question.

 

In the quote BAD specifically says: "...when you’ve got someone that’s behind you, let’s say, and they’re slower..."

 

Depending on where the other players are BAD & caddy may be precluded from doing much of anything until after the other player has hit his shot.

 

 

[stormbringer]

It would be so easy to speed things up both on the PGA tour and for our informal rounds and tournaments.

Allow the use of GPS/Rangefinders (even allow wind/elevation etc.). Play ready golf. Enforce the 40 second rule. Informal round double/triple max (the max your handicap allows).

I loath slow play. I never play the course closest to my home because it is famous for slow play and not allowing faster players through. I will not play with slow players a second time. I can understand a 4-5 hour round during a tournament but regular play come on.

The course I frequent most I play 9 holes riding in 45-60 minutes and 18 in 1.5-2.5 hours!

 

A few of the PGA players are really difficult to watch and would be somebody I could not play with on a regular basis, Bradely, Spieth, Furyk and of course Dechambeau.

 

[ray9898]

The PGA Tour wants play fast enough to finish at 6pm EST on a consistent basis. The game the pros play has little in common with the recreational version.

[buckeyefl]

It sounds like we have a lot of fans of BDs "I heart science" wedge.

[Holy Moses]

If Bryson has really sped up his play, I applaud him. At least he’s trying.https://www.golfchannel.com/news/bryson-dechambeau-improved-pace-play-ive-made-mistakes-improving?utm-tags=golf1305000

[Holy Moses]

He was given a warning today on the European Tour https://www.golfchannel.com/news/bryson-dechambeau-warned-slow-play-dubai-desert-classic-closes-4-bogeys

[Malvern]

I was watching, the weather had turned quite nasty, was very windy, he changed clubs....the call might have been a bit harsh as others were having trouble with choices. As Eddie P said, he's going better and has obviously addressed his issue, plenty of others who only care about themselves haven't.

[bscinstnct]

Bryson like,

 

Do you even lift, bro?

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/sammarksgc/status/1221456214166581248?ref_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.golfchannel.com%2fnews%2fbryson-dechambeau-warned-slow-play-dubai-desert-classic-closes-4-bogeys

[mizuno player]

He can sign his name backwards. So, he's got that going for him.

Also, he's slow. So, he's got that going for him.

Wish they all played like Trevino.

[drbonesvt]

pga pls follows the euros on pace of play, put some rocks in your sack and start handing out penalties

[OldTomMorris]

I'd like to see the raw data on this as I feel the ET are going way over the top on the slow play issue and over correcting with ridiculously unworkable hard and fast rules on times. The have become hyper focussed on this issue and are zealots.

The way the ET are celebrating the stupid round by Soderberg is embarrassing.

[Superbrit]

Wont happen, case in point was JB Holmes yesterday, only seen him a few times and that was bad enough, Tiger was literally stood holding his putter for about 5 mins while he messed about with a bunker shot and then a chip

[Potatohead]

 

Hahahah I remember watching that, it was about the sixth or seventh hole. JB took forever in the trap then half shanked it and didn't lose his turn. I would have loved to have been in Tiger's head at that point.

[RickK]

I did not see the tournament, only read about Bryson "being put on the clock". Was listening to PGA Tour Radio yesterday afternoon and the discussion came up. One of the hosts made the comment that after Bryson was told he was "on the clock" the shot came up where the discussion about 10:30 came up when it was his turn top hit. On that shot, he still took 50+ seconds to hit the shot. The discussion went further that if they put him on the clock, why wasn't he penalized for taking more than 40seconds to execute the shot...if being "on the clock" actually means anything.

[Holy Moses]

The one problem of putting someone on the clock is that you can get them to rush and they play worse golf. I don’t want slow play, but if Bryson went +4 the last four holes due to feeling rushed, the tournament suffered because they might have had a more exciting finish had he not been put on the clock. The PGA Tour knows this which is why they rarely enforce this rule on the last few groups.

[grm24]

Of course PoP was an issue 30 years ago. It was an issue 55 years ago PERILS OF PARALYSIS

[davep043]

I just can't agree with this viewpoint, I think its important to look at the other side of the same coin. Players in the groups behind a slow player are impacted by that player's pace. THEY may play worse because they're forced to play slower. That slow guy has just as great a likelihood of eliminating a "more exciting finish" because he's caused the following groups to play worse. Yes, putting a player on the clock can impact that player. NOT putting him on the clock can impact a lot of players.

Personally, I'd love to see existing rules enforced more consistently, and would really like to see them tightened up a bit. If a few players find that they can't play at a reasonable pace and play well at the same time, they'll be replaced by players who CAN do both. We might miss Bryson, or JB, or anyone else for a few months, maybe a whole year, but eventually they'll just fade from memory just like Anthony Kim has (mostly).