Slow play is all the rage these days … well, maybe not slow play but slow-play discussion, debate and “ruthless” solutions. Throw a rock on any golf course and you’re bound to hit someone with a hot slow-play take.

Golf fans and players alike have been clamoring for slow play penalties to be enforced, and the DP World Tour has apparently listened. On Thursday in Australia, a young potential star was hit with a costly one-stroke penalty during the first round of the BMW Australian PGA Championship.

There has been plenty of discussion recently about slow play in professional golf. Well, for one DP World Tour rookie making his first professional start, he wasn’t given any slack. Jacob Skov Olesen was assessed a one-shot penalty during the first round of the 2024 BMW Australian PGA Championship on Thursday for slow play.