Former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover's call to ban AimPoint did not sit well with some of his fellow PGA Tour players. The issue resurfaced after Glover revealed that multiple golfers approached him in Phoenix following his comments.

Earlier, as part of his nine-point plan to address slow play on the PGA Tour, Glover had called for the ban of AimPoint, a method used by golfers to assess the severity of a slope on a putting surface.

“When I made those comments, I had a couple of guys the next week in Phoenix come up to me and say, ‘hey man, are you talking about me?’ I said no, I’m not talking about anybody that does it quickly,” said Glover on the Trey Wingo podcast on YouTube.

Glover had earlier argued that AimPoint’s success rate was not backed by statistics. Instead, it was a method that took endless time and was “rude” in general.

Despite reports suggesting that up to 65% of PGA Tour players have used AimPoint, Glover believed scrapping the widely used green-reading method entirely would help deal with the issue of slow play.

However, now his views have softened a bit, he revealed on the podcast.

“I see these people stepping all over the green and each other’s lines from two feet. It’s very frustrating, but we’re all out here trying to do the same thing and that’s trying to get the ball in the hole as quickly as possible,” he added.

Like CBS on-course commentator Dottie Pepper, who had called for “respect” in San Diego, Glover believes AimPoint should stay as long as pro golfers keep track of their time.

Recently, at the Travelers Championship, AimPoint again made headlines.

AimPoint at the Travelers Championship

On Monday morning, Norway’s Viktor Hovland defeated World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler in a playoff to secure the Travelers Championship.

However, in the final round, it looked like Scheffler was getting frustrated over Hovland’s pace of play, as reported by Jordan Harris of HITC.

“I think Scottie’s getting a little bit irritated with him because you rarely see a top pro go to the next tee. It’s kind of a message, ‘come on, buddy, let’s speed up’,” said Dame Laura Davies on Sky Sports.

On Sunday, the Norwegian visibly struggled and took long periods of time to make his putts using AimPoint. That reportedly left Scheffler frustrated at the sixth hole, and he moved ahead to the following tee, leaving his playing partner behind.

While Scheffler never publicly commented on the incident, the episode highlighted the same pace-of-play concerns that Glover had previously raised about AimPoint.

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Written by

Avishek Sarkar

Edited by

Pulkit Prabhav