Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay both played significant roles in the inaugural TGL season final, where Atlanta Drive GC beat New York Golf Club.
Golf fans want Billy Horschel at the Ryder Cup after watching the TGL final, which involved a best-of-three series.
And the former was on the winning side alongside Cantlay, with Justin Thomas also helping Atlanta Drive come out on top.
Co-founder Tiger Woods has congratulated Atlanta Drive on their TGL success, where they beat New York 6-5 and 4-3.
The inaugural season has now concluded, with many PGA Tour players now turning their focus to this week’s Houston Open.
Xander Schauffele says Patrick Cantlay ‘hits pretty fast’ after TGL concludes
During the event, however, Schauffele was asked an intriguing question about Cantlay on The Rich Eisen Show.
“How is Cantlay’s pace of play indoors, is it still a little slow?” he was asked, with Schauffele replying: “I don’t think anybody has struggled with the clock to be honest.
“He actually hits pretty fast when he’s over the ball. He may tap all around when he’s with this putter but other than that he hits relatively quick.
“You get 40 seconds and I’ll even catch myself. That heartbeat comes on at 15 seconds and you are trying to sit there and visualise your shot because it’s going to go into the screen and then all of a sudden you hear this heartbeat and it backs up the pace as it goes down to 10 seconds and five seconds and you’re like holy smokes, might as well pull the trigger.
“I can only imagine how much anxiety I would have if that was at a major championship or something. You have a putt to win and you hear this extra heartbeat sound coming down from a speaker. That would suck.”
TGL needs to keep shot clock after debut season success
Despite seemingly being an issue on the PGA Tour, pace of play has become a real talking point in recent times.
That has also been the case for many women on the LPGA Tour, with many fans not happy about how slow some players are out on the course.
TGL did, of course, do its utmost to combat the issue with the introduction of a shot clock, which lasted for 40 seconds.
A one-shot penalty was the punishment for shot clock violations, with that concept likely to remain in place for the next TGL season.
Such a feature is certainly smart given the nature of the competition, which should be aiming to attract as many fans as possible in these early stages.
Moreover, TGL should be trying to retain any fans it has managed to attract, with slow play certain to put many people off watching the innovative event.
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