PGA Tour stars and major champions Keegan Bradley and Brian Harman annoyed a number of golf fans at the Sony Open over the weekend.
Golf fans were seething into their keypads after watching PGA Tour stars and major champions Brian Harman and Keegan Bradley take an absolute age over multiple shots at the Sony Open on the weekend.
With all due respect to both Harman and Bradley, they are not typically the fastest players on the circuit.
That is putting it politely.
Bradley and Harman both performed well in the PGA Tour’s second event of the year at famed Waialae Country Club in Hawaii.
Harman finished in a tie for 13th on 11-under par, while Bradley (17-under par) lost out in a three-man playoff to Grayson Murray.
Bradley could have won the tournament had he birdied the par-5 18th in regulation but he could only make a par.
While solid performances from both Harman and Bradley, it was the manner in which they both went about it that irked most golf fans on social media.
Let’s start with Harman, and the time it took the reigning Open champion to play a delicate flop shot in the final round.
As we join the video below, Harman is seen standing at the top the hill contemplating how best to play the shot in hand.
He then trudges back to his ball and takes 12 practice swings.
Harman then places his clubhead behind the ball and has another 12 waggles.
He looks up and the flag, and back to the ball multiple times, too.
Quite frankly, it makes for excruciatingly painful viewing.
The video alone is over a minute.
Add in the time taken by Harman before we even saw him standing at the top of the hill, and you could argue the entire shot took him close to two minutes.
Anyway, see what you make of it below:
The same guys that tell you they play 18 in an hour are the ones that will tell us not to worry about how long pros take to hit the ball.
This is torture. pic.twitter.com/EipVwuZPEm— Average Dad (@VeryAvgDad) January 14, 2024
Then onto Bradley, who as we all know by now loves a bit of AimPoint in 2024.
Paige Spiranac has already ripped into him previously about his putting method, which does seem to be gaining even more popularity this season.
But come on. Is AimPoint – and slowing the game down in the process – really needed on a two-foot tap-in?!
A number of golf fans certainly consider Bradley is pushing things too far, especially taking in the region of 45 seconds to send a ball down from close range.
Keegan Bradley doing AimPoint from 2 feet is excruciating to watch pic.twitter.com/gjf1Rv3h8b
— W (@ZitiDoggsGolf) January 15, 2024
What do you make of the length of time taken by both Harman and Bradley at the Sony Open? Does the PGA Tour need to come down harder on slow play? Share your thoughts and comments below.
Article originally appeared on: Golfmagic.com
You don’t have to watch, how about that LMAO
If it doesn’t take them any longer to finish the round or hold anybody up, or get a warning for pace of play, why does it matter if they take an extra minute longer for one particular important shot they want to execute.
How about those people just turn off the TV and don’t watch at all, and just look at the results at the end of the day LMAO
Absolutely they need to be penalized. If you can’t figure out how to play the shot take up another sport.
These guys are playing for enormous amounts of money. A missed two footer can cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. How many times have you stood over a three footer thinking it’s straight to the hole, only to have it veer off six inches away? Can’t blame them for taking their time – but only if they make it! That said, that’s a pro player with his income on the line. We amateurs should not emulate them and just go ahead and measure the putt and putt it!
No, all these hacks that play five dollar Nassau, have no clue what it means to chip/putt for $250k, 1 or two minutes on or around the green when playing for $1M is perfectly acceptable.