J.B. Holmes, the posterchild for slow play, but certainly not the only offender, was once again criticized at The Open.  And when asked about it by Golfweek’s Steve DiMeglio, an uncharacteristically politically-correct Brooks Koepka had this to say: 

“What I don’t understand is when it’s your turn to hit, your glove is not on, then you start thinking about it, that’s where the problem lies. It’s not that he takes that long. He doesn’t do anything until his turn. That’s the frustrating part. But he’s not the only one that does it out here.”

He’s not wrong.  Nobody in the history of spoken word has ever been heard saying, “Golf is way too fast.”  Really, why can’t a guy be ready to hit when, I don’t know, it’s his turn to hit?

The European Tour has used the shot clock during multiple events to glowing reviews, but the PGA purists’ resistance to most new things makes it very unlikely we’ll see Brooks Koepka hitting a buzzer beater on the 18^th green at Augusta for the win anytime soon.