The four golfers who their fellow pros anonymously voted as the slowest players on the PGA Tour in 2017

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Slow play is a problem that has plagued the professional game for decades now, but things have definitely gotten worse on the PGA Tour in recent years.

The likes of Patrick Cantlay and Alejandro Tosti have been common culprits with regard to slow play, but back in 2017, four players in particular were named as the slowest on the PGA Tour.

The PGA Tour have been urged to dock players strokes for slow play, rather than simply issuing fines.

Meanwhile, LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau has suggested that slow players should be named and shamed.

The real worry is that the PGA Tour and LIV Golf could end up losing their appeal to the younger generation unless something is done urgently regarding slow play.

Something has to be done, and quickly. However, this is not a problem which has all of a sudden started plaguing the game.

It has been around for a while…

Four golfers who were voted anonymously as the slowest players on the PGA Tour

Back in 2017, slow play was clearly a huge problem, just as it is now on the PGA Tour.

Golf.com released their annual anonymous poll, after asking 50 PGA Tour players a series of different questions.

One of the questions was: who are the slowest players on Tour?

Ben Crane was named as the slowest player on the PGA Tour after an anonymous player poll, with a whopping 21% of the votes.

In second place was Kevin Na, with 17% of the votes.

Then in third and fourth came 2015 PGA Championship winner Jason Day and three-time major champion Jordan Spieth, with 11% and 8% of the votes respectively.

Spieth and Day are renowned for their ultra diligent approach to playing their shots.

However, it must be said that they seem fairly quick now in comparison to some modern-day players who’ve emerged on the scene.

Cantlay is one who has to make a change as soon as possible regarding his pace of play while Justin Thomas is another who has insisted he would like to be advised how to speed up his very particular pre-shot routine.

So, what can be done to help improve the pace of play on the PGA Tour?

Three ways to improve pace of play on the PGA Tour overnight

Banning AimPoint has to be the best solution to slow play. It’s painful at times watching professional golfers go through their AimPoint routines.

Some of the skill and feel has been taken out of putting since the inception of AimPoint but more importantly, rounds are taking much longer to complete as a result of the method.

Another potential solution to the ever-growing problem of slow play is having designated bunker rakers.

That way, caddies would be able to get on with other important jobs in a much quicker manner.

And finally, the PGA Tour should consider allowing distance-measuring devices in every single tournament they sanction.

They trialled the use of them in 2025, and the general consensus is that most tour pros and their caddies would welcome the help of yardage measurement devices.