Lucas Glover has actually been around the block.
The future 45-year-old signed up with the PGA Tour 20 years back and has actually won 6 profession occasions because, consisting of the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. He's a knowledgeable veteran who comprehends how things deal with trip– other than for the FedEx Cup Fall, however that's a various story in and of itself. The previous Clemson Tiger is never ever scared to reveal his viewpoint and, in some cases, ridicule for the trip whenever he thinks something is incorrect.
Look no more than his trashing of the Signature Event design, which Glover called a “self-centered cash grab” throughout the Arnold Palmer Invitational previously this year.
Well, do you understand who else is self-centered, according to Glover?
“They impact individuals they are having fun with. They impact individuals behind them. And for you weekend warriors out there, you are unsatisfactory to be sluggish,” Glover stated on his Sirius XM Radio Show.
“Tour gamers, yes, you do impact individuals you are having fun with and individuals behind you. That's a self-centered act. Speed up.”
Glover then took his point an action even more. He knocked the PGA Tour, which recently launched a memo detailing the decrease of field sizes, modifications to the FedEx Cup structure, and the removal of various Monday Qualifiers. The trip mentioned “rate of play” for integrating these brand-new terms, which would work in 2026.
Glover does not purchase it.
“The reality that the PGA Tour is concealing behind the guys who play gradually to alter the field sizes … that's total crap,” Glover included.
“How about accelerate play? How about having a much better policy?”
Glover, who won the Wyndham Championship and the FedEx St. Jude Championship in back-to-back weeks in 2015, then offered a much better service.
“Everybody states, ‘If you are going to have a problem, have a response.' Well, I have a response,” Glover stated.
“Bad time, you get a [penalty stroke]2 hard times, you get another [penalty stroke]Like, include a shot to your rating. Suddenly, think what? You make it on the number, however oh, you had a bad [pace of play]and now you didn't generate income today. Think who is going to accelerate? That individual.”
Possibly that response would fix the PGA Tour's pace-of-play crisis, which has actually relatively not been imposed for many years. With how things presently stand, and thinking about pro-golf's present divide, which has actually just led to the leading gamers getting more cash, Glover will likely not get his dream anytime quickly.
Jack Milko is a golf personnel author for SB Nation's Playing Through. Make certain to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for more golf protection. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko .
