Rory McIlroy believes golf can learn from tennis to eradicate slow play
• Northern Irishman wants proper penalties to be enforced
• Golfer encouraged by European Tour’s plan to deal with issue
Rory McIlroy has called on his sport to follow the lead of tennis by implementing proper penalties for those players who divert attention towards clocks rather than shots after the glacial pace of play at the Solheim Cup last weekend reverberated way beyond Gleneagles.
Europe’s most high-profile golfer, back on home soil for the BMW PGA Championship this week, has been impressively forthright on the subject. This weekend, the European Tour will test various innovations at Wentworth as it seeks to rid golf of the curse of slow play.