It doesn’t matter what tour you play golf on, the issue of slow play continues to be a dominant subject to talk about and it’s now reared its head on the LIV Golf tour.
Slow play has plagued the PGA Tour for much of the 2025 season but when it comes to LIV Golf, their 54-hole format and shotgun start has helped them avoid such issues.
Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean that the issue is completely missing on LIV.
Indeed, during the semi-final match up between Brooks Koepka and Anirban Lahiri, Koepka was put on the clock by officials as he sought to make his way around the course.
However, in typical Koepka fashion, the five-time major winner had his own take on proceedings.
Brooks Koepka explains why he was put on the clock at LIV Michigan
Brooks Koepka is very much one of the more confident players in the golf world and he’s never afraid to meet things head on.
In a bizarre turn of events in the media room, Koepka was effectively accused of getting his team put on the clock on purpose as they faced off against the 4Aces in the quarters.
However, Koepka stood his ground and instead, suggested it was nothing to do with making any sort of statement.
“No, it didn’t have anything to do with that,” Koepka replied when asked if it was to do with the draw his team got yesterday.
“It just had to do with, I felt like, I could get more holes in at my pace than I could if we got on the clock early. I think it took us five holes, it wasn’t long, but I felt like we could play the rest of the holes at my pace, and I felt like I did,” Koepka admitted.
“I didn’t putt great. Hit the ball fine, plenty good enough. Yeah, it was a good match.”
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What Dustin Johnson said about fixing slow play issues
Most golfers in the world have had their say on slow play over the years and more recent times have seen the LPGA players like Nelly Korda really make a stance.
But it’s not just on the female tour that it’s an issue.
Indeed, Dustin Johnson has recognised this in the past and suggested there are steps that can be taken.
“You have got to take into account that there are a lot of times that even a fast player, if he plays really quickly, and you get to a really bad lie or a tough situation, you need to take a little bit longer. He deserves to be able to take a little longer on that shot, if he has played fast all day,” Johnson said.
“Maybe there has got to be an official with each group timing each shot so then you know this is the amount of time you have on each shot. So say you get 60 seconds and you take 25 seconds every shot, you should get to gain time.”
With LIV having no issue with this in the past, it’s interesting to see it now rearing its head.
Hopefully, going into the final day of the team championship, there’ll be little to complain about.
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