Byeong Hun An weighs in on whether aimpoint should be banned on the PGA Tour following Lucas Glover’s criticism

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It appears that the PGA Tour is keeping all options on the table as they consider how best to tackle the slow play issues which overshadowed some of their tournaments in the early stages of the 2025 season.

Fans were certainly left frustrated after The American Express and the Farmers Insurance Open. The lack of star power in both events perhaps exacerbated a problem which the PGA Tour has had for years. It is much harder to watch a player who is not a household name take longer over a shot than it is when a Jordan Spieth is weighing up his options.

Rory McIlroy suggested that smaller fields would help – though he did admit that that would be unpopular with many. Meanwhile, Lucas Glover offered a contentious take.

Glover called for aimpoint to be banned. Aimpoint involves players reading putts by placing their feet either side of their line to determine how much break they should play for.

Byeong Hun An shares whether the PGA Tour should ban aimpoint

The 2009 US Open champion claimed that it takes too long, while he also felt that the practice was ‘rude’ with players potentially having to step around the hole to get a full picture of the break.

Keegan Bradley once claimed that every youngster will be using the method to read putts in the future. And the US Ryder Cup captain is not the only player who believes that banning aimpoint makes little sense.

Byeong Hun An has taken to X to respond to the question, and he suggested that outlawing the method would probably change little when it comes to pace of play.

The changes the PGA Tour are considering in battle to tackle slow play

It definitely does feel that the PGA Tour, until recently, had put all of their eggs in the basket of the idea that smaller fields would improve the pace of play. The problem with that is that the changes are coming in in 2026, so it could have been a frustrating few months waiting for the changes.

However, the PGA Tour is now considering a number of options. They may allow rangefinders, while they could publish average shot times for each year.

The PGA Tour has been encouraged to penalise players with strokes, with fines unlikely to impact those who already earn eye-watering sums.

But clearly, there is not one solution which will sit right with everyone on tour. Then again, golf is getting pretty used to being in that position at the moment.