{"id":434256,"date":"2025-04-22T00:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/?p=434256"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:40:30","slug":"brian-harman-says-he-prefers-playing-fast-during-rbc-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/brian-harman-says-he-prefers-playing-fast-during-rbc-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Harman Says He Prefers Playing Fast During RBC Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025 has been quite a year for pace of play solutions.\u00a0 Earlier this year, the PGA announced that they would commit more to cracking down on it<\/a>, and at the RBC Heritage, players were given range finders to improve times<\/a>.\u00a0 Yet pace of play is still a bit of an issue.\u00a0 During the Masters, Akshay Bhatia took a full three minutes to hit his ball<\/a>.\u00a0 Scottie Scheffler criticized the need for slow-play solutions as he cited the course sizes as the biggest issue.\u00a0 There are, however, some common names that come up when discussing the pace of play.\u00a0 Brian Harman is one such example.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian Harman Playing Slow<\/span><\/h2>\n

Harman has long been criticized for being a slow player.\u00a0 Even the former world’s greatest caddie, Billy Foster, has called Harman the slowest player on Tour.\u00a0 However, when asked in an interview during the RBC Heritage<\/a> if he preferred playing fast or taking his time, Harman said he liked playing fast, a statement that some find odd.\u00a0 He even said that he always preferred playing at a faster pace since he was a child, just getting into the sport.\u00a0 He stated that he feels that speed comes more into play during twosomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn a twosome, if you are a slow player, you can\u2019t really hide. I would bet you everyone in a twosome plays faster than they do in a threesome anyway.\u00a0 It certainly helps [playing quicker] to get in a rhythm. If you\u2019re standing around watching the group in front of you all day, it\u2019s hard to \u2014 you have to find things to occupy your mind. I\u2019ve played fine in threesomes, but I would prefer it, especially on the weekend, to be in twosomes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

During the same interview, he mentioned that the large size of the courses also contributes heavily to pace of play issues.\u00a0 Just like Scottie Scheffler suggested, the biggest issue is navigating the course.\u00a0 Harman, however, isn\u2019t holding out hope for the courses shrinking down anytime soon.\u00a0 He is feeling confident in the new range finder policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

A New Solution From The PGA<\/span><\/h2>\n

In light of players not realizing when they are going slow, it has been suggested that the PGA publicly shame slow players.\u00a0 How would they do this?\u00a0 With a board showing players’ slowest times for an event.\u00a0 A bit of a wall of shame for the players for others to look at and judge them by.\u00a0 It is one of the solutions that Collin Morikawa approves of.\u00a0 Granted, he suggested that the wall of shame should be implemented along with stricter enforcement of the current rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Harman\u2019s Comments Mean For Slow Play<\/span><\/h2>\n

Brian Harman\u2019s comments alone give an interesting insight into the situation.\u00a0 Even the slowest players on Tour are aware of the time issues that are almost omnipresent within the sport.\u00a0 It reaffirms the idea that Scheffler floated, that the issue is baked into the sport.\u00a0 Addressing the issue has been in debate for so long that only three penalties have been handed out since 1995.\u00a0 The wall of shame would be an interesting solution, so long as other policies are enforced.\u00a0 It is also strange to know that even the slowest players are itching to play faster.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main Photo Credit:\u00a0 \u00a9 Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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