Justin Thomas gets involved in another divisive PGA Tour topic

Justin Thomas has offered his thoughts on slow play days after sending an unprecedented letter to the PGA Tour's membership. 

Thomas wrote to his peers before the Farmers Insurance Open imploring golfers to be open to new ideas to try and make the product better for fans. 

The two-time major champion asked players to think of ideas of their own and be receptive to opening up more with interviews on the course. 

According to GOLF, CBS 'loved' his letter, with their president reportedly delighted that Thomas was willing to stick his neck on the line and take a leadership position. 

One way, some have argued, to improve PGA Tour telecasts is to solve the pace of play problem. 

Last week's American Express saw the final group of Sepp Straka, Jason Day and Charley Hoffman take five hours and 49 minutes to complete 18 holes. 

One player, Michael Kim, has suggested that slow play is simply inevitable. 

Thomas was asked if the Tour could one day consider introducing a shotclock similar to TGL. 

"You know, it's tough," he said.  

"Look, this is my 10th year on tour. I've been on the PAC a lot of years. We've talked about pace of play all 10 years."

Thomas was referring to the players advisory council. 

Last week, he was elected to sit on the PAC once again. 

He continued: "The thing is you have to make such drastic changes for it to be noticeable. 

"Pretty much a lot of the conversations end the same way; it's like what are we trying to accomplish here? 

"Are rounds going to be 12 minutes faster? Are they going to be 20 minutes faster?

"It's hard to realistically make a big enough difference where people are like, 'wow, this is great.' 

"Rounds are only three hours now or three and a half hours instead of five. 

"You know what I mean? It's really hard to make that big of a change."

Thomas pointed out that faster play is also difficult on tougher courses where there is so much cash on the line. 

He added: "Look, there definitely could be some things here and there that are done, but it's also -- I think there's, like, a Fan Forward survey that the Tour does with fans.

"They like harder golf courses, they like watching us play difficult places, but they want us to play faster, so those two don't go together. 

"You've kind of got to pick and choose your battles.

"But, yeah, I guess we'll see. 

"I'm sure we're all hopeful, but at the end of the day it's like, what are we trying to accomplish? You know what I'm saying?"

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