The Jordan Flows--Uh Plays--Slowly

      I am a huge Jordan Speith fan.  He is one of the exciting young guns of the sport of golf and brings a new interest to golf from fans of the game.  It seems as though his future, along with the other young guns such as Rory and Ricky will be bright and full of tour victories.  I have one problem with Jordan Speith however.  He needs to speed it up a little. The bottom line is, he plays much too slowly.
     Golf is the last true sport.  Players get payed for how they perform and win prize money.  They don't get paid for just showing up.  If they perform well, they get paid.  Should they not do well, they go home with nothing for a week's work. I get that, and you want to be deliberate about what you do on the course playing for as much money as the pros do.You have to be "on" all the time.  That does not mean that a snail can beat you in a footrace before you get the next shot off.  Hit the shot or putt for crying out loud. It is almost painful to watch how slow Speith plays.
      The professional game is a lot different than the game we play at our local muni.  It is still pretty much the same as to how it is played and the rules, but at the local muni you are not putting for a million dollars.  With that amount of money and the prestige of winning a golf tournament on the line, it sort of changes things a bit. You have to be very clear about the shot and what you are going to do.  But, does it have to take so long to execute? I can't find the exact quote but I think it is from Lee Trevino. You can miss a one foot putt for birdie just as easily in ten seconds as you can in sixty seconds.  Will you just take the shot, please?  I have a cake in the oven.
      Let's face it folks, we have a big problem in this game of golf called slow play.  The average golfer likes to emulate the pros. When the pros play slow, guess what.  The average player wants to be just like them.  If you see it on TV, it must be OK to do. Excuse me fellow average golfer.  Is that putt for bogey really going to make the world stop spinning if you miss it? Is Mt. Shasta--I say Mt. Shasta because I live in California--going to erupt if you hit that drive into the woods because you tried to hurry the game along?  I don't think so.  Hit the ball, will ya'.
      I love you Jordan Speith.  You have set the golf world on fire, but will you take some of that fire and build it under your feet and play faster? That cake I have in the oven is almost done.

Let's step up and hit the ball, shall we?