DP World Tour fuming with referees after yet more slow play during Australian Open
Adrien Saddier wants to see 'stricter referees and straight penalty shots instead of bad times' when there is slow play on the DP World Tour.
DP World Tour pro Adrien Saddier has taken aim at referees for not being strict enough over slow play during the Australian Open at the weekend.
Saddier, 32, took to X / Twitter to reveal his thoughts at the lethargic pace of play following the second event of the 2025 DP World Tour season.
The Frenchman, who finished 64th on the Race to Dubai last season, admitted his three-ball took two hours to play just seven holes in the final round of the BMW Australian Open at Kingston Heath GC.
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Saddier played in the final round alongside Australia's Jack Buchanan and Germany's Nicolai Von Dellingshausen.
"Last round of the Australian Open yesterday... 2 hours for 7 holes," tweeted Saddier, who carded all four rounds in the 60s to finish 11-under par in T11.
"Referees didn't look too worried… it's time to have more strict referees and straight penalty shots instead of bad times!"
Saddier left his tweet off the back of a video clip of Carlota Ciganda being heavily accused of slow play en route to her Spanish Open win on the Ladies European Tour on Sunday.
Footage emerged of Ciganda taking an unreasonable amount of time over her second shot on the par-4 15th hole at Real Club Guadalhorce.
The Spaniard took precisely 1 minute and 24 seconds to play her approach into the green.
Ciganda then went on to win the LET event by one stroke over Belgium's Manon De Roey.
Saddier's comments about slow play come a couple of weeks after both Nelly Korda and Charley Hull slammed the pace of play on the LPGA.
Hull considers slow play has got "ridiculous", and it has led her to rip darts on the golf course.
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Last month Saddier took aim at Sergio Garcia's shock return to the DP World Tour in 2025.
"It hurts my a** to read that he is going to get his Category 1 back after all the venom he has spat out," tweeted Saddier.
"They don't want to grow the game anymore."
Saddier has yet to win on the DP World Tour despite his recent consistent play on the circuit.
He won his sole professional title at the 2016 Open de Espana on the Challenge Tour.
Saddier turned pro in 2013.
He is currently ranked 232nd in the world.
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