Remember when Charley Hull got all ruthless after a frustratingly long round and suggested that if a player takes longer than the required time to hit a shot, they should lose their Tour card instantly? Harsh, right? But that’s what frustration looks like. Players have been venting about the pace of play for ages. It’s not just painful for fans watching at home. It’s also annoying for the players who are stuck waiting around when all they want to do is finish their round without dragging it out.

And now even golf influencer Paige Spiranac is jumping in with her take. She recently made a bold statement on X, saying, “If you can’t play under 4 hours yourself then you have no room to complain.”

Well, Spiranac is also a part of the PGA Tours creator council and has been a staunch supporter of the league, but if you know Paige, you might also know that she doesn’t shy away from pointing out what’s wrong.

Not long ago, Spiranac suggested that the PGA Tour really needs to buckle up things. She wrote in a tweet, “No one is blind to the fact pro golf is currently struggling to capture audiences. They need to speed up pace of play, get fresh talent incorporated into the broadcasts, introduce the audience to the rookies, less commercials, and most importantly have the best players in the world on one tour.”

On the other hand, the PGA Tour has been working on a few changes to improve things. Initially, they suggested shrinking the field sizes. The logic is that fewer players mean fewer backups on the course. But fans were quick to point out the real issue isn’t how many players are on the field—it’s how long each one takes to hit a shot.

So now, they’re looking at another fix: allowing rangefinders. These little gadgets help players quickly measure distances, which could save a lot of time And guess what? LIV Golf already does this. So if the PGA Tour wants to keep up, they might need to start taking some notes from the competition.

But even with all that, there’s one solution that’s been getting a lot of buzz lately—one that fans love. The shot clock. We’ve seen how well it works in TGL matches, but could it solve the slow pace issue on the PGA Tour?

Can a shot clock solve the issue of the pace of play?

Tiger Woods‘s tech-savvy TGL has been making waves in the golf world and one of its biggest hits has been the shot clock. Fans love it, and honestly, it just makes sense. Players get 40 seconds to hit their shot—same as on the PGA Tour—but in TGL, if they take too long, boom, their team gets a one-shot penalty. Meanwhile, on the PGA Tour, golfers routinely blow past the 40-second mark with zero repercussions. So, should the PGA Tour take notes and finally bring in a shot clock to speed things up?

Well, not everyone’s sold on it. Justin Thomas, for one, isn’t convinced. It’s not that he likes slow play, but he just doesn’t think a shot clock would make that much of a difference.

According to him, “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.” And he’s not entirely wrong.

Take the European Tour’s Shot Clock Masters in 2018 for example. It was supposed to revolutionize the pace of play, but instead, it fizzled out after one year. Why? A mix of logistical nightmares, players forgetting the clocks even existed, and, well, a general lack of enthusiasm. That said, not everyone thinks it’s a bad idea. Rickie Fowler and Matt Fitzpatrick have been pretty vocal in favor of it, pointing out that TGL proves a shot clock can work if done right.

But for now, the PGA Tour needs to do something. Fans are getting fed up, and if they don’t start making meaningful changes, they’re just giving LIV Golf another win. So now, it’s up to Jay Monahan and Co. to figure it out. Whatever they decide, they’d better not take too long—because slow play is already enough of a problem.