Loupe's Preshot Routine

[saevel25]

Man does he sure take his time. HIT THE BALL! 

[mchepp]

Wow, must have been like 5 grass tosses in there. Then 5 practice swings. Jeez.

[Golfingdad]

Jesus, that's aggravating to watch.  I remember he played well one tournament a couple of years ago and his deliberations took center stage.

[MacDutch]

If he does that every shot, dq him!

[colin007]

he should be put on the clock on the first tee.

 

if i were put in his group i would be calling for the rules guy to come over the first time he took more than 30 seconds to hit a shot.

[saevel25]

10 minutes ago, colin007 said:

he should be put on the clock on the first tee.

I wouldn't mind some carry over from the previous tournament. If you were giving a penalty for slow play two tournaments in a row then you are automatically on the clock for the next tournament. 

 

[boogielicious]

26 minutes ago, colin007 said:

he should be put on the clock on the first tee.

 

if i were put in his group i would be calling for the rules guy to come over the first time he took more than 30 seconds to hit a shot.

 

14 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

I wouldn't mind some carry over from the previous tournament. If you were giving a penalty for slow play two tournaments in a row then you are automatically on the clock for the next tournament. 

 

My thoughts exactly. It is painful to watch.

[Jaymancds]

I would have serious issues with that if I was playing either with or behind him.  Just walk up and hit the ball.  Not that hard

 

edit: of course thats probably why he is a pro and I am not.

Edited December 3, 2015 by Jaymancds

[DaveP043]

18 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

I wouldn't mind some carry over from the previous tournament. If you were giving a penalty for slow play two tournaments in a row then you are automatically on the clock for the next tournament. 
 

For the most part, almost nobody is ever penalized for slow play.  I remember an amateur at the Masters getting a penalty a few years back, but I'd bet that there have been no penalty strokes applied in regular PGA events.  Until the PGA actually does penalize people, nothing will change.  

[RFKFREAK]

9 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

 

My thoughts exactly. It is painful to watch.

+1.  Wow, I know I probably take more time than most taking two practice swings before a shot but wow, that's just painful.

[djfajt71]

Ermagerd, just watching him makes me nervous!  I haven't paid attention to him before.  It looks like he was unsure about the shot, or is that his normal routine?

[Golfingdad]

2 minutes ago, djfajt71 said:

Ermagerd, just watching him makes me nervous!  I haven't paid attention to him before.  It looks like he was unsure about the shot, or is that his normal routine?

Not sure if it's exactly like that every shot ... but that certainly wasn't a one time thing.  He is VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY "deliberate" as they like to say.

[GolfLug]

Aggravating to watch his nervous movements and inability to click into his swing zone but as far as professional golf goes I am not sure this time taken is even in the top two or three reasons for slow play. He just took inside of a minute probly after waiting 10 mins for the green to clear out in the first place. On TV at least they seem to take far more time deciding club/shot shape. Green reading time even worse. 

On the flip side, I am sure he could do well if he found a way to locate his trigger faster. I read somewhere Kevin Na worked specifically to improve his time to trigger.

 

[mvmac]

1 hour ago, Jaymancds said:

I would have serious issues with that if I was playing either with or behind him.

Yeah I wouldn't be able to watch, just too much nervous energy.

[nevets88]

Andrew "infinite Loupe"

Andrew "makes you go Loupey"

Andrew "Loupe de Loupe"

[RFKFREAK]

9 minutes ago, mvmac said:

Yeah I wouldn't be able to watch, just too much nervous energy.

Keegan Bradley seems to have almost as much nervous energy in his preshot routine.

[saevel25]

1 hour ago, Golfingdad said:

Not sure if it's exactly like that every shot ... but that certainly wasn't a one time thing.  He is VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY "deliberate" as they like to say.

If I was his playing partner I would just continue on with out him. There is no penalty for playing out of turn. I would not want him to cause me to get a penalty stroke. 

I know this happened to another golfer. He decided to just go ahead because they were already given a warning. 

http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/who-are-some-slowest-and-fastest-players-tour-were-naming-names
 

Ugh, 50+ seconds for the top 5 slowest players. 

[SavvySwede]

2 hours ago, saevel25 said:

If I was his playing partner I would just continue on with out him. There is no penalty for playing out of turn. I would not want him to cause me to get a penalty stroke. 

I know this happened to another golfer. He decided to just go ahead because they were already given a warning. 

http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/who-are-some-slowest-and-fastest-players-tour-were-naming-names
 

Ugh, 50+ seconds for the top 5 slowest players. 

Enjoyed that article. Now I want them track some amateurs for comparison. We obviously have to get our own yardages which slows things down, but  there are plenty of folks out there who need to see what they are doing.