DP World Tour rookie slapped with penalty for slow play (!) in first pro start
DP World Tour rookie Jacob Skov Olesen assessed a one-shot penalty for taking an age to play his approach shot into the par-4 10th.
DP World Tour pro Jacob Skov Olesen was slapped with a costly one-stroke penalty for slow play in his first professional start at the BMW Australian PGA on Thursday.
This week's tournament marks the first event of the 2025 DP World Tour season.
Olesen, 25, took 130 seconds to play his approach shot into the 10th hole.
That is well over the allocated 40 seconds players are allowed to take a shot once it's deemed it's their turn to play.
As a result Olesen was assessed a one-stroke penalty for slow play by DP World Tour officials.
Olesen's initial par was turned into a bogey-five.
The penalty comes just days after a number of players hit out at slow play on the course.
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PGA Tour pro Lucas Glover and LPGA Tour stars Nelly Korda and Charley Hull all complained about slow play during tournaments last week.
"Listen, if you get three bad timings, every time it's a tee shot penalty," said Hull
"If you have three of them, you lose your tour card instantly.
"I'm sure that would hurry a lot of people up and they won't want to lose their tour card.
"That would kill the slow play, but they would never do that."
England's Matt Fitzpatrick also chimed in.
Olesen went on to card a lacklustre 3-over 74 in the first round of the BMW Australian PGA.
It leaves him 130th in the 156-man field.
LIV Golf star Cameron Smith is in the lineup.
The Australian carded a 4-under 67 to lie just two shots off the early pace currently set by Elvis Smylie.
Olesen layed in his first major last year at the 152nd Open.
The Dane made the cut but finished T60.
Olesen also got invited to play in the Danish Golf Championship where he announced his name on the scene with an impressive T5 in front of his home fans.
He also played in the Omega European Masters but finished 74th.
Olesen earned his DP World Tour card for 2025 via the DP World Tour Q-School.
He narrowly made it in on the number at 18-under par in the gruelling six-round test that concluded in Spain on 13 November.
Olesen is ranked 841th in the world.
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