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Quick 9: Jason Day's honesty about slow play should be wake-up call

Jason Day's honesty is appreciated, and nobody should hope to suppress it. If he feels it is better for him to slow down an already snail-like golf routine, good of him to say so.

But simply put, that attitude is not going to win him many friends.

"In my opinion, I don't care so much about speeding up my game," Day said last week at the SBS Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. "I've got to get back to what makes me good. If that means I have to back off five times, I'm going to back off five times before I have to actually hit the shot.