“And frankly, all they do is market slow play.”
/In Gene Yasuda's look at the dire state of the golf industry, industry consultant Stuart Lindsay suggested that the PGA Tour deserves great blame for slow play.
It also hasn’t helped that golf’s biggest promoter perpetuates plodding. “We’ve depended way too much on the PGA Tour to market our product for us,” Lindsay says. “And frankly, all they do is market slow play.”
Much of golf’s woes are self-inflicted, and for years, industry leaders, acknowledging their mistakes, have pledged improvements – to make the game faster, family friendly, more affordable. But lip service won’t suffice anymore. Many of the proposed fixes actually work; it’s just a matter of copying those who already have put them in play.
Reading the story, Joe Ogilvie tweeted this in response.
So here's my question: how much of slow play do you blame on the influence of tour golf, versus things like the distance chase and ensuing expansion?