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Originally Posted by malcolmk14

Spieth's group arrived at 11 in 3 hours and 7 minutes, which is a 5 hour 36 minute pace, and before all three balls were put in play off the tee, the group ahead cleared the 11th green. That's why they were put on the clock.

Thanks. Why's he even complaining about it? He's not even close to being on pace and couldn't the argument be made that his slow pace has a twofold advantage in that it takes other golfers out of their natural rhythm? Also, as you say it's a black and white rule not one subject to interpretation.

Here's an example of his, uh, let's call it meticulous, nature from the end of his round on Saturday. On the 16th green, Spieth looked at a six-footer with a slight left-to-right break for 99 seconds. On the 17th tee, he thought about his tee shot for 40 seconds. His next shot, from the pine needles, took about two minutes to hit. After he somehow punched out cleanly, Spieth took another 90 seconds for his chip into the green, a routine which included seven waggles. His putt was downright speedy, taking just 68 seconds (though he was also lining up the putt as playing partner Rory McIlroy was reading his). An approach on 18 took 2:10 (though it was also on the straw). His chip up to the green took the same amount of time. And it took him 1:55 to line up his par putt on 18, which he missed, leading to a bogey putt took at least a minute. Spieth was +3 on those two holes.

http://www.foxsports.com/golf/story/...nalties-041016