I Timed 100 Golf Shots Hit By Club Pros – Their Pace Of Play Puts Slow Tour Players To Shame

An image of the PGA North tournament at Sand Moor Golf Club, which I visited to gather pace of play data, with an inset image of golf ball and a timer.

I am a fairly obsessed golf fan and watch almost every minute of the weekend action at many of the PGA Tour events on the schedule... but I am becoming increasingly frustrated with the slow play epidemic that is plaguing the top level of the game.

I've already written about how pace of play is a serious problem on the PGA Tour and at some Major Championships, evidenced by the ludicrous six-hour rounds at the 2026 PGA Championship, but with the luxuries afforded to elite professionals I am struggling to accept that they can't make the situation better fairly easily.