The second round of the PGA Championship is well underway, frustrations are already building.
Particularly with Keegan Bradley and Justin Thomas, who teed off with Cameron Young.
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Aronimink course has proven to be very difficultCredit: Getty
The Aronimink course has proven to be very difficult for the best golfers in the world, leading to moments of frustrations from the likes of Jon Rahm in the opening round.
But in round two, players are still finding it tricky, and the combination of fast greens and winds and have caused a backlog in groups completing their round.
Thomas, Young and Bradley were approached by a PGA official who appeared to tell them to pick up the pace of their play.
Thomas and Bradley took particular issues with the warning, pointing towards the group ahead — Chris Gotterup, Robert MacIntyre and Tommy Fleetwood — and waving their arms in frustration.
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Young was nowhere to be seen on the broadcast, likely keeping his head down and accepting the warning off camera.
Under the official Rule 5.6, players are strictly prohibited from “unreasonably delaying play,” with a specific 40-second limit usually enforced once a group is put on the clock.
This is not just a singular group frustration.
“We just didn’t really agree with it,” said Thomas after his round. “The hard part to me with the whole pace of play thing is that you, there’s so much that goes into golf and there’s so much that goes into hole to hole in terms of, are you hitting it close, are you able to tap it in, or you have to mark it, stuff like that, to where, are you holding the group up or are you not, to where it’s very hard to make that call. And we just didn’t agree with it, to be honest.
“But we got taken off, and a hole later we were caught up. So it kind of goes to our point of why we didn’t think we should of, but it is what it is. It’s a part of it.”
Koepka calls for stroke violations
Brooks Koepka has claimed that the slower players should be handed with stroke violations for holding up the play.
“Honestly, I would start stroking guys,” Koepka said, via flushing it.
“If you are going to take that long, you have to get stroked, there are certain circumstances where the wind switches something like that when it’s understandable.
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Thomas and Bradley were seen waving their arms in frustration at the PGA official.
“But, taking a while, I just think it’s uneccesary.”
Thomas has already been under microscope of PGA officials
It’s been a frustrating time on the course for Thomas, who aims to become the seventh golfer to win three PGA Championships.
In the opening round, he threw his club after his tee shot when left on the 14th hole.
His shot narrowly missed spectators, and his club slammed into the tee box, but he miraculously saved himself with a bogey.
“For sure,” said Thomas after the round after admitting to being frustrated, via aol.
“I really only hit a couple bad shots today. I played really, really solidly and drove the ball well until kind of the last four holes.”
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It’s been a frustrating opening two rounds for Thomas
Thomas carded a one-under par 69 in the opening round, and matched it in the second round, putting himself in a good position heading into Saturday.
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Young ended his round with an eagle, leaping up the leaderboard and remaining a strong contender.
It’s the end of the line for Keegan Bradley though – he won’t be staying for the weekend.