Nelly Korda gets Collin Morikawa’s support as slow play concerns reach tipping point

Collin Morikawa believes the PGA Tour needs to follow Nelly Korda and the LPGA Tour in setting firm penalties for slow play. It has become an epidemic in golf, and the LPGA Tour, partially at the behest of star players who complained about it, made some changes to the way the game is played.

Morikawa, the World No. 4, likes what they did. He said:

“You see what the LPGA’s doing. You need to start fining people. Look, if I got slapped on the wrist and got a fine, absolutely would I not not want to be fined again.”

Korda said she was thrilled that the LPGA Tour was finally doing something about the problem. She has noticed a major uptick in how long rounds take, and she’s “very excited” about the changes that were implemented.

She said:

“I think that implementing harsher rules is just going to be good for the game of golf because they were saying at the meeting, at the end of the day we’re a form of entertainment. So if we’re taking really long out there, that’s not entertaining.”

That’s what Morikawa wants to see and feel about the PGA Tour, which has had slow-play problems for years. A lot of golfers have different answers to this problem, and that includes Morikawa. They all just want to see something, no matter what it is, done to combat the issue, though.