PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The PGA Tour is taking a hard look at whether to allow rangefinders and publicize violations as part of a comprehensive study on pace of play and other enhancements to the game that have come out of a survey of 50,000 golf fans.

There always seems to be an inflection point each professional golf season, during which the slow play problem dominates the discourse on the PGA Tour. The issue isn’t a new one. It’s an age-old problem in the pro game. Everyone knows it: Golf can crawl.

Ryan Lavner and Rex Hoggard discuss the PGA Tour's renewed look at pace of play and what triggered the organization to try and solve an longstanding issue that has plagued some tournaments.

The PGA Tour on Wednesday acknowledged that it has heard complains from fans regarding slow play in its tournaments during a conversation with a small group of media members at the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Slow pace of play has plagued the PGA Tour and the LPGA for years, frustrating players, fans, and broadcasters alike. It almost reached a breaking point last week at the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego,

The PGA Tour looks set to allow the use of rangefinders in its tournaments in an effort to cure the curse of slow play and improve the fan experience. The pace of play has been the major source of complaint from fans,