Justin Thomas disagrees with group being put on clock in Round 2 of PGA
Justin Thomas' group was put on the clock Friday at the PGA Championship. Thomas didn't question if his trio was behind, more so, why weren't conditions taken into consideration?
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – A cursory glance at social media is all it took to realize the pace of play at the PGA Championship is on the languid side of glacial with rounds on Days 1 and 2 drifting well past five hours. Policing pace of play, however, is not nearly as easy as those on social media seem to think.
The most recent example of how nuanced pace of play can be on a demanding golf course with winds swirling to 25 mph came early Friday when the group of Justin Thomas, Keegan Bradley and Cameron Young were informed they were on the clock. Thomas and Bradley were seen on television coverage having an animated discussion with a rules official. “We just didn't really agree with it.
It's hard because it's kind of the whole time par thing. What is time par? How can time par on this course be the same when it's blowing 25 [mph] and the pins are tough, than if it's not?
And does time par change every day? ” Thomas said. “There's just so many factors that go into it.