Bryson's cure for slow play: Time everybody for whole round

Slow play in professional golf is once again in the news with rounds from the first two days at this year's Open Championship nearing 6 hours in length.

That trend looked poised to continue for a couple of Saturday's groups, with Bryson DeChambeau notably put on the clock by a rules official on the 17th hole.

The two-time major winner addressed the situation after he avoided penalty the rest of the way and posted a 3-under 68.

"We were struggling with pace the whole day," DeChambeau told media after the round. "I was moving my butt as fast as I could. Greens were really tricky. I was trying to read them right."

DeChambeau used to be considered one of the slower players in men's professional golf, but he's sped up considerably over the years. He's been outspoken about slow play in the past and laid out his solution to the problem after the round.

"You eventually time everybody for their whole entire round. Very simple," DeChambeau said. "Nobody wants to do it because people are too scared to get exposed, which I am an advocate for. I'd love to be timed, and I have no problem with that.

"If somebody is playing slower, the guy can go up to him and say, 'Hey, man, you're over par with your time.' All you do is you just time them for every single shot. He gets there and puts the bag down, and how long it takes him to hit that shot and how long it takes him to walk to the green. It's not rocket science."

Outside of the four majors, DeChambeau plies his trade on the LIV Golf circuit. That league made headlines last season when it handed Richard Bland a one-stroke penalty and fined him $10,000 for slow play during an event.

DeChambeau's not the only LIV member who's spoken out on the pace of play during The Open, as Marc Leishman did so earlier in the week.

"Felt like we were on the golf course for about 12 hours," Leishman told the press Thursday. "We've been on the course for 3 hours through eight holes. That was tough to deal with, especially coming from somewhere where we play in under 4:30 every week."