'Have some respect' PGA Tour announcer rips into slow play during final round broadcast

CBS Sports on-course commentator Dottie Pepper slammed PGA Tour players for taking a sluggish three hours to play the front nine in Saturday's final round at the Farmers Insurance Open.

Pepper hit out at the players as the final group made the turn at famed Torrey Pines. 

The big hold up occurred on the par-3 3rd as a number of players found the native area down the left flank.

Wind gusts in the region of 20mph were contributing to players and caddie taking added time on club selection. 

But in the eyes of Pepper, three hours no matter how you look at it is far too long to play nine holes. 

"You know, Frank [Nobilo], I think we're starting to need a new word to talk about this pace of play issue, and it's respect,” Pepper told CBS' Frank Nobilo.

"For your fellow competitors, for the fans, for broadcasts, for all of it. It's just gotta get better."

"Well said," replied Nobilo. 

Harris English went on to win the tournament by one shot as the American wrapped up his fifth PGA Tour title.

The final group, which featured English, ended up taking 5 hours and 29 minutes. 

It comes a week after the final group at the American Express, featuring winner Sepp Straka, took just shy of 5 hours and 40 minutes. 

Golf reporter Kyle Porter was one of a number of critics to hit out at the pace of play at the Farmers Insurance Open.

"The PGA Tour has a lot of problems right now," tweeted Porter.

"Foremost among them might be that it's a lot more fun and entertaining to watch your favorite YouTubers play fascinating courses for 40 minutes than it is to watch Andrew Novak and Sam Stevens duke it out at Torrey for 400 minutes."

PGA Tour pro Ben An then started another debate off the back of Porter's tweet.

An considers the dwindling viewing figures on the PGA Tour are not going to change unless a certain Tiger Woods can get himself back into contention for titles again. 

"At this rate, all the pro golfers are going quit their job and be a YouTuber. Golf always has been 5+ hour coverage," tweeted An.

"As we get younger audiences, it’s hard for them to be entertained for that long. Whereas YouTube, you can skip certain sections or watch shorts. What’s wrong with have English, Novak and Stevens in contention? The views?

"It’s not changing unless Tiger is in contention these days."

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