"But the most egregious moment came when the official basically said to the three, now is the time to inform me if you think any member of the group is to blame."

Ryan Herrington on the disastrous day for the Walker Cup team except Mike Van Sickle's 6&4 win. Oh wait, that's right, he's not on the team...yet.

Sean Martin follows up on round 1's medalist Tim Jackson defeating John Kostis after the two were involved in a slow play incident Tuesday. Peter Kostis kindly took the time to weigh in on what he saw as the flaws of the USGA policy under the comments section of the earlier post. Check it out. This was particularly interesting to me as someone who supports the USGA policy, but it easy to see why this

The most disturbing parts of the whole episode were the fact that the USGA has factored in the "correct" amount of time to play a hole poorly and its included in the timing stations. I never realized that it's ok to make a double that only adds 4 minutes to the pace of play, but a 6 minute extra time double is too much! But the most egregious moment came when the official basically said to the three, now is the time to inform me if you think any member of the group is to blame. Asking someone to throw someone else under the bus to save a stroke is sickening to me. What does that teach? I'm all for speeding up play, but there must be a better way. When a group waits for 10 minutes to play the 15th hole and finishes the round 2 minutes past their allotted time, is that worth compromising the integrity of the competition?