“I would be very very annoyed”- Nelly Korda sympathizes with fans over slow play
Nelly Korda is at Tiburon Golf Club in Florida, where the CME Group Tour Championship will be played from Thursday, 21 November. Addressing fans’ woes, the World No. 1 spoke out against slow play.
During her pre-event press conference, Korda claimed that slow play “really drags the game down.” She was adamant that it was something that “really, really needs to change.”
As per the video uploaded by NUCLR Golf on X, Korda said:
“I personally think it’s a pretty big issue. I think it’s not good for the fans that come out and watch us. If it was me personally, I would be very, very annoyed watching for five hours, over five hours, five hours and 40 minutes, close to six. I just think it really drags the game down. I think that it really, really needs to change.”
Nelly Korda did not limit herself to describing the phenomenon but called for penalties to be imposed on players who unnecessarily slow the pace of play. She also criticized the fact that some players do not prepare their shots sufficiently in advance:
“Players just need to be penalized…To be standing over a putt for two to three minutes, that’s ridiculous. When a group in front of me is on the green and I’m in the fairway, I’m already getting ready. I’m getting my numbers ready, talking about the shot, so by the time it’s my turn, I already have my game plan.
