There were no major waits. Tom Kite, one of 18 players who completed suspended first rounds on Friday morning, suggested slow play could be avoided in the future if the PGA sent half the tournament field off the first tee and half off the 10th during the first two rounds, a procedure used in regular PGA Tour events. Jeff Sluman, the 1988 PGA champion who was 2 under after two rounds, said tournament officials were more visible Friday, but should exude more control over the pace of play. It's the same analogy with slow play. They don't tell you until you're out of position that you need to speed up.
Guys speed up when they're told, the officials leave, and the guys slow down again.
I don't think the current system really works. Sluman said the issue is not unique to this week's tournament, or to Valhalla, which has been maligned by players for being too easy and lacking tradition. Slow play is a problem in the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open, the Masters, on the PGA Tour. You've got long rough and undulating greens, where guys aren't lagging up and tapping in. They're knocking it to three feet, then they've got to mark, they've got to take their time.