Brutal pace of play at PGA Championship isn't only on the players

Rory McIlroy and caddie Harry Diamond in the second round of the PGA Championship. getty images Among several “Official Notices” taped to the wall outside the players’ locker room at Aronomink this week is a pace-of-play chart, which looks pretty much like the pace-of-play charts you’ll find at any other tour stop. The table lists the allotted time each group of three (or two) golfers has to play each hole — i.

e. , 16 minutes to play the par-4 1st as a group of three; 13 minutes to play the par-3 5th; 19 minutes to play the par-5 16th, etc. Below those figures, the table lists a total accrued time.

Groups of three going off the 1st tee are expected to play the first nine holes in no more than 2 hours and 21 minutes and 18 holes in no more than 4 hours and 44 minutes. A second set of times are also provided for groups going off the 10th tee, as Justin Thomas , Keegan Bradley and Cameron Young did at 8:29 a. m.

Friday. As happens in major championships, the pace has been slow this week — really slow. Fifteen-minute waits on tee boxes.