Justin Thomas reacts after being put on the clock | Golf News

Day 2 of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania started with a noticeably sluggish tempo. Leader Alex Smalley’s group, which teed off at 8:51, required more than three and a half hours to full 11 holes. The day’s first group exceeded 5 hours.

Nevertheless, the group of Justin Thomas, Keegan Bradley, and Cameron Young was positioned on the clock mid-round by a guidelines official monitoring the trio from a cart. Young remained quiet, but Thomas and Bradley – notably one of the tour’s slower opponents due to his dependence on intention level for placing – have been outraged.

Elsewhere at the PGA Championship, Bryson DeChambeau’s ‘real issue’ was uncovered, and Jon Rahm hit a volunteer with a divot in a freak accident.

The ESPN broadcast captured Thomas, who shot one under in the first spherical, gesturing emphatically with the official for over 30 seconds while slowly backpedaling toward the next gap. Ultimately, he relented. Brooks Koepka addressed the sluggish tempo of play following his spherical, advocating for stricter penalties. “[You’ve got to] start stroking guys,” he said.

“If you’re gonna take that long, you’ve got to get stroked. I mean, there are certain circumstances where the wind switches, and it’s understandable. Taking a while, I think, is just unnecessary.”, stories The Mirror US.

Bradley escaped a stroke penalty but is acknowledged for taking his time, particularly on putts. At a 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play event in Austin, he spent over a minute lining up a four-foot putt.

“Now that I’ve been doing AimPoint, I try not to let my eyes tell me anything,” he said of his trusty software. “I’m telling you, in 10 years, when these younger kids all get out, no one will be reading greens. Zero.”

Bradley wrapped up day one at six over par, including a additional two over through 14 holes on Tuesday. Young was degree through the first spherical and under par on the second day.

Thomas, the 2022 PGA Championship WINNER, failed to make the cut at last yr’s major. He mirrored on his blended opening spherical Thursday afternoon.

“The front nine is definitely more gettable than the back, so that’s a start. I played, I felt like, flawless in there for probably 13 holes,” he said.

“Yeah, honestly, I just had a very hard time staying focused. It’s a long, long day out there. It’s so, so tough, very, very windy, some tough pins…..Really proud of the way I played and the way I hung in there. Solid first round.”