How long it took Jordan Spieth and Lucas Glover to play round three at the Charles Schwab Challenge after their differing views on slow play

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Jordan Spieth and Lucas Glover played alongside one another during round three of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club on Saturday.

Spieth and Glover are well known to have completely differing views on slow play.

Glover has campaigned against slow play on the PGA Tour for years now.

And on the flip side, Spieth is widely regarded as one of the slowest players on tour.

Sir Nick Faldo lambasted the 31-year-old American for his tediously slow play during The Masters way back in 2016.

He said, “He doesn’t like to be rushed, does he? He wanted to wait for the gusts on the top of the hill. You can’t do that. You’ve got to crack on and take what you get.

“The German meaning for Spieth is speedy and successful. The speed is the tricky bit.”

He hasn’t sped up since then either, and has been given warnings regarding his pace of play on numerous occasions.

He received a ‘monitoring penalty’ during a DP World Tour event in Abu Dhabi, after the time allowed to hit a shot was reduced from 50 to 40 seconds.

Spieth and Glover could not be more different when it comes to their respective paces of play.

But which style came out on top on Saturday in Fort Worth?

How long Jordan Spieth and Lucas Glover took to play round three at the Charles Schwab Challenge

Spieth and Glover teed off at Colonial Country Club at 7:06 am local time, alongside Harry Higgs.

They were first out, so they didn’t have anyone playing in front of them holding them up.

Conditions were tricky in Fort Worth on Saturday, with winds gusting up to 30 mph at times.

Spieth posted a solid round of three-under-par 67 while Glover fired a brilliant six-under-par 64.

And the two Americans finished their round at 11:27 am local time. So they got round in four hours and 21 minutes.

Not too bad, but certainly not the quickest given the fact that they were first out.

Glover’s nine-point plan to solve slow play issue

Fair play to Glover, he doesn’t just talk a good game; he acts on his opinions as well.

The 45-year-old recently devised a nine-point plan to help golfers around the world improve their pace of play.

• Course markings
• Distance-measuring devices
• Bunker rakers
• No honorary observers
• Scrap sign bearers
• Ban Aim Point
• Eliminate golf carts
• Drop circles
• Learn the rules

There are some great ideas there from the 2009 US Open champion.

I especially like the proposals to ban Aim Point and to have bunker rakers for all tour events.

Whether anything actually changes any time soon remains to be seen.

But Spieth, Glover and Higgs completing round three in four hours and 21 minutes is a sign that perhaps improvements are already being made, on the PGA Tour at least.