R&A to introduce Ready Golf

The Royal & Ancient is implementing a “ready golf” policy for the 36–hole stroke play part of the British Amateur Championship.

“Pace of play is something that we’ve been talking about extensively in the last 12 months,” R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said. “The more evidence that I’ve seen this year, the more I’m going to continue talking about it because I think it is increasingly important to the development of the game.

“In this year’s Amateur Championship, we will be implementing ‘ready golf’, which is one of the recommendations in our pace of play manual, for the stroke play, and that’s part of our bit to help with setting an example about the pace.”

We're right behind this one, but this needs to be just the thin edge of the wedge, if you'll forgive the pun. 

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