USGA Debuting Pace Of Play Monitoring Tool

Slow pokes look out!

Ryan Herrington reports on the flagstick tool developed by the USGA and debuting this week at the Pace of Play Symposium in Far Hills. The USGA's Matt Pringle, who has developed the Tru-Firm device and who has been working on the pace of play study, will unveil the flagstick attachment.

According to Pringle, the USGA began looking into developing the flagstick tool to give course operators an inexpensive but practical way to measure pace of play at their facilities. "It's our feeling that there are a lot of golf courses that are going blind," Pringle says. "They have no means of measuring, and therefore controlling, pace in any way, shape or form. The thing is, you really just can't leave it to chance."

Herrington reports that the USGA has already tested out the device on will be reporting their findings this week.