Overview
- Rahm confirmed this week that he received an official code-of-conduct warning at The Open after throwing a club and used the moment to propose rule changes for pace of play.
- He proposed that a single warning should stay with a player for the whole tournament, that groups put ‘on the clock’ get one final warning before a penalty, and that penalties escalate in a clear progression.
- Rahm said majors’ long rounds stem largely from large 156-player fields and tough course setups, which make slow play a group problem rather than only an individual one.
- Coverage links Rahm’s idea to earlier enforcement, including Joaquin Niemann’s two-shot penalty at the U.S. Open, and notes that the majors introduced a joint code-of-conduct push earlier this year.
- No governing body has announced any formal rule change yet, and adoption would require majors to balance clearer, cumulative penalties with the practical limits of enforcing speed across large fields.