The Open Championship has been fantastic to watch, with the world’s elite putting on an exhibition over the Old Course. However, despite the big names and unbelievable golf, the topic of slow play has been issue, with some rounds taking over six hours to complete.
Following the slow play, one player has taken to Twitter to voice their comments with LIV Golf player, Graeme McDowell, releasing a tweet that has caused a bit of controversy.
Midway through the third round on Saturday, the former US Open winner tweeted: “Quality viewing @TheOpen. The unpredictability of The Old Course from bounces to weather is unlike anything in golf. Can’t turn it off. Thinking pace of play might have improved with a shotgun start? What you guys think?”
Quality viewing @TheOpen. The unpredictability of The Old Course from bounces to weather is unlike anything in golf. Can’t turn it off. Thinking pace of play might have improved with a shotgun start? What you guys think?July 16, 2022
One of the main aspects of LIV Golf, which McDowell is part of, is the shotgun start aspect: the 48 competitors tee off on different holes, but at the same time. This is intended to help the pace of play and make sure that all players finish at roughly the same time.
On Thursday and Friday, groups were taking around six hours to complete their rounds, as many took to social media to voice their disgust of the time people were taking.
Although it is unclear as to whether the tweet from McDowell was made to be a talking point or a dig at the traditional 72 hole layout, it certainly didn’t go down well with users of the social platform, with one user commenting “do whatever you want in your own games but do not, whatever you do, mess with the Open or the masters. Purest form of competition golf in my opinion.”
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At the second LIV Golf event in Portland, McDowell revealed that he regretted publicly defending his decision to resign from the PGA Tour and join the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series following extensive public backlash.
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