Rory McIlroy comments on slow play at the PGA Championship as his round takes over five hours to complete
Friday at the PGA Championship was a captivating day of golf, but it felt like it took an age to complete. It was clear we were in for a long afternoon when Scottie Scheffler’s group took three hours to complete their front nine.
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Friday at the PGA Championship was a captivating day of golf, but it felt like it took an age to complete. It was clear we were in for a long afternoon when Scottie Scheffler’s group took three hours to complete their front nine. There were bottlenecks throughout the golf course, and several factors were to blame.
Conditions were difficult for the players, who faced howling wind, long, thick, rough, and impossible pin positions at Aronimink. All of that, plus the high stakes of major golf, led to slow play throughout the event. Rory McIlroy even sat down on the 10th tee as he waited for the fairway to clear, taking a much-needed moment of meditation at the halfway juncture of his round.
After shooting a three-under 67, McIlroy commented on the pace of play. Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images Rory McIlroy says slow play is to be expected at PGA Championship McIlroy was asked about the slow play at Aronimink after his second round, and while he acknowledged that his round took a long time to complete, the Northern Irishman said it was to be expected at majors. He said, “It was, it was slow.
I think there were a couple of groups ahead of us — did Sahith maybe lose a ball on 10? We were on the 8th green when they were having a look for the ball, so I think that’s what definitely delayed us in the middle of that round. “But it seemed like once we got through that little bottleneck — and there is a few bottlenecks on this course anyway, with the 8th green, the 10th green beside each other, you’ve got like 16 green and 9 tee and 17 tee right there.