Is it me or does J.B. Holmes play slow? I mean come on 12 practice swings.?

Question

Is it me or does J.B. Holmes play slow? I mean come on 12 practice swings.?

Answer 1

When you are in the last group in the final round of the tournament, you can slow things down a bit.  He was just using it to his advantage.

Answer 2

Yes too many. Thats 1000 total swings in a round. But did you see those last two drives. He can take as long as he needs

Answer 3

He is terribly slow in his preshot routine.   He reminds me of Sergio and his gripping/regripping thing he used to do..he has gotten better.   I hope he speeds things up before he gets a reprimand from an official or something.    To his credit, you do have to 'see' the shot before you can play it, so a few moments to make sure isnt the worst thing I guess, especially when you are playing for some serious dough...

Answer 4

J. B. is slow however he can still keep up to the slow players in front of him.  Can you imagine the uproar we would create if we played in 5 hours for threesomes?

Answer 5

He does take a lot of practice swings but that doesnt necessarily mean he plays slow. Lots of factors go into how slow someone plays.  And remember, all you can do is keep up with the group in front of you. His group was "in position" so the number of practice swings is immaterial.