“The players were dictating how long it was going to take to play a round, and we felt that was unacceptable.”

They're finally going to do something about slow play! They, being the Ladies Golf Union, governing body of the women's game in Great Britain and Ireland.

“Rounds were starting to get over 5-5 hours and, sometimes in the worst-case scenario, it was touching on six hours,” said Susan Simpson, the LGU’s head of operations. “The players were dictating how long it was going to take to play a round, and we felt that was unacceptable.”

Their solution? A four checkpoint system (I believe that's one more than the USGA progressive pace of play program):

During last year’s British Girls’ Championship, Simpson and her team undertook a trial by implementing a new system that involved four checkpoints being set up around the course. Clocks were placed at these locations and players were made aware of what time their group was expected to reach those points by having it printed on pin sheets.

The system proved so successful that it has been in operation at all of the LGU’s events this year.

“The check points are normally at the fourth, ninth, 14th and 18th holes and the times we are looking for them to get round is usually about four hours and 20 minutes in stroke-play and three hours and 40 minutes for match-play, taking into account weather conditions and the course set-up,” added Simpson.