But Paramor concedes the PGA Tour has been better at policing slow play. It has not been dramatic. Bonallack says the European Tour is understaffed. It's the players that play slow. There are mitigating circumstances that both tours have to deal with on slow play.
Bottlenecks are inevitable.
Then there are the problems of majors and team events. The PGA Tour does not run the Masters, the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship. That is not to say those tournaments don't monitor slow play and have their own policies. Langer's deliberations on the tees and greens are positively glacial. Faldo, expected to be one of two captain's picks on for the Euros, often simply isn't ready to play when it's his turn.