"Why can't golf's ruling bodies just agree that slow play has got completely out of hand and start penalising the players?"

While everyone is caught up in the lack of excitement brought on by the course changes, Mark Reason reminds us (with ire) of another symptom brought on by Augusta National's new defensive design: slow play. He reminds us that there hasn't been a slow play penalty in a major since the 2004 PGA and wonders why there is so little concern about the leaders taking 5 hours and 10 minutes in last year's final round.

Immelman was and is scandalously slow. Rumour has it that one timing official turned to his colleague and said: "Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped." But we are now 12 months on from Immelman's funeral march and still nothing is done.

To paraphrase Jenkins: nothing that a good ole Monday finish won't fix.