PGA Tour told by multiple winner 'have the balls' to enforce slow play punishments

Camilo Villegas has implored the PGA Tour to 'have the balls' to dish out humiliating slow play punishments. 

The five-time winner has argued now is the time to finally make sure there are consequences for playing elite golf too slowly. 

Villegas offered his thoughts on the thorny subject ahead of the Sony Open. 

The golfer is part of the 156-man field this week and, once again, not every player completed their first round despite perfect conditions. 

When play was suspended on Thursday evening due to bad light, as many as seven players were still out on the course at Waialae Country Club. 

The Colombian said when 2026 rolls around and field sizes are reduced then tournament officials really need to clamp down. 

Villegas was referring to the raft of controversial changes that were approved last November. 

He said the game is currently not being played in the right manner. 

"The way I see it, those guys are breaking the rules," he said.  

"There needs to be consequences."

So, what consequences?

Well, shaming players publicly would do the trick, according to the golfer. 

The 43-year-old said the Tour 'had the balls' to approve the aforementioned changes and there is no reason why more shouldn't be on the horizon. 

Villegas said: "I think their names should be posted in the locker room in font 30, and Michael Kim brought this up a little while back, their caddie should wear a fluorescent orange bib. Make them feel bad.

"That's not the way this game should be played. The Tour's never going to do that. I wish they did.

"We had the balls to do the changes last year so maybe we do have the balls to enforce pace of play a little better."

Villegas is one 16 players that sits on the players advisory council (PAC). 

Last November, the PAC gave the green light to make some eyebrow-raising changes. 

The most controversial was the reduction of field sizes in regular events from 156 players to 144. 

Some players, such as Lucas Glover, claimed the PAC was 'hiding behind' the real issue. 

"They think we're stupid," Glover said of the PAC. 

"Don't cut fields because it's a pace of play issue. 

"Tell us to play faster, or just say you're trying to appease six guys and make them happy so they don't go somewhere else and play golf."

Glover was alluding to the fact he felt the Tour was trying to make the game's biggest stars happy so they didn't defect to LIV. 

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