Awee while ago, this column visited the prickly issue of slow play and, a short time later, here we are again, treading over the same ground.

It's what's known in the business as environmentally friendly journalism: the recycling of hot topics.

Back in ye olden times, when golf events were started by a man with a whip, and a Hybrid was something you'd find in the stall next to the Bearded Lady at the local freak show, the thought of a round taking five hours would've been as preposterous as, well, a woman with triumphant facial growth.

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