The slow pace of play has been a major concern for the PGA Tour over the past few months. The long delays and abrupt stoppages of rounds have frustrated the fans recently. The new policies suggested by the PGA Tour have also received a lot of criticism. Jay Monahan and his team are causing further stress to the community with the way they are handling the situation.

More recently, the Tour faced this issue at the 2025 Farmers Insurance Open. While fans were happy to see Harris English lift the title, they were not that eager to watch his group play on the course. The reason? Sam Stevens and Andrew Novak’s slow play. The field often left the two pros lagging behind as they couldn’t keep up. The only saving grace was they were one of the last groups on the day. This ensured that no other group was being affected by their actions.

Kyle Porter pointed out Stevens & Novak’s errors in the tournament. His tweet on X said, “The PGA Tour has a lot of problems right now. 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.” Porter seemed to suggest that YouTube golf is better than the PGA Tour. Novak did not well receive this and quickly got back to the analyst. The PGA Tour pro added, “While I get your point, why you gotta call me out 😂😂 I thought I kept it somewhat entertaining 🤷‍♂️.” This suggests that he was really trying to keep up with everyone on the course.

This is not the first instance a pro golfer has had an issue with Porter’s comments. Paige Spiranac also had a back-and-forth with him a few hours ago over the same topic. Let’s see what happened back then.

The Paige Spiranac drama

Following Kyle Porter’s post about Stevens & Novak, Paige Spiranac also had a swift response for him. She said, “Professional golf will always be king. Golf media personalities are having their moment now because there is so much division in the game. We don’t need more division by comparing YouTube golf to pro golf.” It seems that she didn’t like the idea of Porter suggesting that the PGA Tour players should be keeping up pace with YouTube golf.

To this, Porter replied, “No, attention will always be king”, indirectly stating that professional golf has become too boring to watch now. He added, “The Tour got to a place where a $12B valuation seemed reasonable in part because Tiger created a bubble”. Porter seems to believe that Tiger Woods’s popularity is what has drawn the success of the PGA Tour in the past few decades. Confirming this statement, he also stated, “To make the value keep going up and to the right, many changes need to be brought about. I’m just not sure anyone is willing to make them”. Kyle Porter believes that the PGA Tour is currently over-valued and that it should drastically improve to match its valuation.

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