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NBC Sports
31-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Goetze-Ackerman: LPGA pace rules debuted well
LPGA player president Vicki Goetze-Ackerman tells Matt Adams she thinks the league's new pace of play rules had a successful debut at the Ford Championship but explains the room for improvement.
USA Today
19-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LPGA announces another change to its Pace of Play Policy, making it even tougher
LPGA announces another change to its Pace of Play Policy, making it even tougher The LPGA has announced an additional change to its Pace of Play policy for the 2025 season. Beginning next week at the Ford Championship, the tour will add a season-long tracking element for holes timed. Players who have 40 or more holes timed during the rest of the 2025 schedule (with the exception of the T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards, U.S. Women's Open, Dow Championship and AIG Women's Open) will receive a fine. This also will go into effect on the Epson Tour beginning on April 25 at the IOA Championship. On that tour, players who have 20 or more holes timed for the remainder of the season will also receive a fine. 'Looking at the data, we concluded that if a player had 40 or more holes timed over the season, that player contributed to a slower pace of play,' said LPGA Player President Vicki Goetze-Ackerman in a release. 'We believe that this addition to the policy, along with penalty strokes being issued for plus times of +6 or greater, will increase the number of players who heed the initial warnings, leading to fewer players out of position and therefore timings.' In February, the tour released a new Pace of Play Policy that introduced a one-shot penalty. The current policy dished out fines for those who were 1 to 10 seconds over the allotted time and a two-stroke penalty for those who were more than 11 seconds over. The new policy gives a fine for those who are 1-5 seconds over, a one-stroke penalty for those 6 – 15 seconds over and a two-stroke penalty for more than 16 seconds. In addition, players who tee off first on par 3s and reachable par 4s will continue to get an additional 10 seconds. The new policy, however, eliminates the additional 10 seconds that was given to players who are first to play from par 4 and par 5 tees. The new policy was revealed at the first player meeting of the season in February at the Founders Cup. World No. 1 Nelly Korda's reaction to the news: Finally.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
LPGA announces new pace-of-play policy to begin in March
The LPGA announced Thursday the creation of a new pace-of-play policy, which will go into effect in March. The current policy issues fines for players who are 1-10 seconds over the allotted time, and a two-stroke penalty for those who are more than 11 seconds over. The new policy adds in a one-stroke penalty and is stated as such: 1-5 seconds over: Fine 6-15 seconds over: One-stroke penalty 16 seconds or more: Two-stroke penalty The tour also stated that it will continue to allow an extra 10 seconds for the first player to hit on par 3s, approach shots and putts. But it will no longer allow that additional time to hit first on par 4s and par 5s (except on what it deems "reachable" par 4s). Officials can still issue groups a single warning per round before the group — or individual players — are timed. A Pace of Play Committee met multiples times in the offseason and players were sent a memo earlier this year, outlining the update. According to the memo, the LPGA fined 22 players for slow play in 2024 while nine players received two-shot penalties. But had the new policy been in effect, there would have been 23 one-stroke penalties and eight two-stroke penalties. 'Based on a data-backed approach and direct player input, this policy now acts as a stronger deterrent, ensuring players take warnings seriously before penalties become necessary,' said LPGA Player President Vicki Goetze-Ackerman in Thursday's statement. The new policy will go into effect after the tour's three-event Asia swing, beginning with the Ford Championship, March 27-30. The developmental Epson Tour will also implement the policy for that week's IOA Championship.
NBC Sports
13-02-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
LPGA announces new pace-of-play policy to begin in March
The LPGA announced Thursday the creation of a new pace-of-play policy, which will go into effect in March. The current policy issues fines for players who are 1-10 seconds over the allotted time, and a two-stroke penalty for those who are more than 11 seconds over. The new policy adds in a one-stroke penalty and is stated as such: 1-5 seconds over: Fine 6-15 seconds over: One-stroke penalty 16 seconds or more: Two-stroke penalty The tour also stated that it will continue to allow an extra 10 seconds for the first player to hit on par 3s, approach shots and putts. But it will no longer allow that additional time to hit first on par 4s and par 5s (except on what it deems 'reachable' par 4s). Officials can still issue groups a single warning per round before the group — or individual players — are timed. A Pace of Play Committee met multiples times in the offseason and players were sent a memo earlier this year, outlining the update. According to the memo, the LPGA fined 22 players for slow play in 2024 while nine players received two-shot penalties. But had the new policy been in effect, there would have been 23 one-stroke penalties and eight two-stroke penalties. 'Based on a data-backed approach and direct player input, this policy now acts as a stronger deterrent, ensuring players take warnings seriously before penalties become necessary,' said LPGA Player President Vicki Goetze-Ackerman in Thursday's statement. The new policy will go into effect after the tour's three-event Asia swing, beginning with the Ford Championship, March 27-30. The developmental Epson Tour will also implement the policy for that week's IOA Championship.
