Only two weeks ago an American magazine published allegations from Phil Mickleson that the Europeans had deliberately decided to slow-play the USA team in order to upset their rhythm.
Tournament officials were ridiculed Friday for assessing a one-stroke slow play penalty upon a 14-year-old phenom from China, Guan Tianlang, on a day in which multiple groups slogged through the course for five hour rounds.
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Both Sheens and skipper Darren Lockyer were critical of Australian referee Tony Archer for allowing a slow play-the-ball which reduced the game as a spectacle.
Will he feel rushed after getting a one-shot penalty for slow play in the second round?
He received an unprecedented (for the Masters) two-stroke penalty for slow play.
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Survey after survey show that slow play is a major factor in creating ex-golfers.
Woods's violation is all the more problematic because of his comments on the decision to penalize 14-year-old Guan Tianlang Friday one stroke for slow play.
Hours after the 14-year-old was the first player ever penalized for slow play at the Masters, he became the youngest player to make the cut at Augusta National.
You can only record at a lower resolution, but it's still fun to capture a friend in slow-mo without telling them and then embarrass them when you play it back.
Robert Croft has also missed out on a contract because England expect to play only one spinner in the Tests and slow left-armer Ashley Giles is first choice.
Westwood took to social-networking site Twitter after his opening round to complain about slow play on day one.
Guan was penalized a stroke for slow play, which had some prominent golfers wondering why the Masters rule-men made an example out of a kid when plenty of adult players, like Kevin Na, are guilty of the same thing every week.
But what may have hurt his draft status most was his poor play in the national title game loss to Alabama, and his slow 40-yard dash time at the NFL combine.
Only Sri Lanka's slow over-rate stopped him having a stab at Don Bradman's record haul in a day's play, 309.
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With the battle-weary Dragons having lost five in a row and Connacht having little to play for, the slow start at Rodney Parade could have been predicted.
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