I've often said that part of the problem of slow play is amateurs trying to copy the pros.

I see it all the time. Guy putting for triple bogey circles his putt three times, studying it from every angle, then missing it by 10 feet. Then does the same thing, and misses it coming back.

John Huggan, a columnist for Scotsman.com sees the same thing, singling out Jim Furyk and Mike Weir.

"And have you watched almost any of the Swedes on the European Tour lately?" Huggan writes. "If they speeded up, they just might quality as slow."

It's excruciating, watching a 20-handicapper going through a putting routine like a slow pro, while you're waiting 120 yards out with a wedge in your hand and murder in your heart.

They should have a disclaimer on TV: "Don't try this at home."

Or give me a taser.

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