Golf Channel · Apr 28, 2017
Tour hands out first slow-play penalty in 22 years
PGA Tour rookie Brian Campbell (Getty Images)AVONDALE, La. – The PGA Tour handed out its first slow-play penalty since 1995 on Thursday during the first round of alternate shot at the Zurich Classic.
Rookie Brian Campbell and partner Miguel Angel Carballo each received a bad time and were assessed a one-shot penalty as a team, dropping their score to 2-over 74.
“I kinda felt like it was a little unfair,” Campbell said in the locker room before his second round, “but nothing we could do about it.”
As alternates, Campbell and Carballo were paired together at TPC Louisiana. They were the final group off on Thursday morning, along with PGA section pros Kyle Ramey and Phil Schmitt.