ATLANTA _ This week, the European Tour announced a new series of slow-play rules designed to identify and more severely punish those players who gum up the works.
In a Tuesday sit-down with selected media, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said his organization would not be prodded to additional action by the moves overseas.
"We're obviously two different tours, and there's a lot different about what happens every week _ different golf courses, different setups. ... I wouldn't say we're going to be influenced in any way by it. I think everybody looking at this, talking about it, is a good thing."
But slow play shouldn't be an issue in any way at East Lake.
"I don't think we're going to have a difficulty with pace of play with 30 guys in the field this week," Rory McIlroy said. "It's like traffic, right? You get 156 in the field, and it's hard to get those guys around quickly."
There you have it: Atlanta, of all places, being singled out for light traffic.
