Rory McIlroy reckons he’s had about enough of slow play.   

This was the reaction from the four-time Major winner when asked to comment on the European Tour’s 4-point plan to help eradicate Tour tortoises  ahead of this week’s PGA Tour season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta

McIlroy has long been an outspoken player when it comes to pace of play on the PGA Tour, and he’s made this point also known as a member of the Tour’s Player Advisory Committee.

“I saw the European Tour released a four-point plan, but I only read the headline,” he said when asked about the European Tour move.

“I didn’t go deeper into it. I’ve had enough of the slow play stuff.  I had two hours of it last week at the player advisory council meeting, and that came to nothing.”

The European Tour’s 4-point plan differs in that will include increased timing of players and more proactive targeting of slower players. Players will also be penalized a stroke after just two bad times. There will also be education for new members of the Tour.

McIlroy was not aware of fuller details but he did put forward his own solution even though there should not be a concern this week in suburban Altanta with only 30 players in the field

“Seriously, it’s like traffic, right? You get 156 in the field, and it’s hard to get those guys around quickly,” he said.

“Even last week, 70, there was no mention of pace of play.

“I’m in a privileged position that I can say that because I’m going to get into a field of 30 or 70. Obviously, guys that are not quite in my position would disagree with that but if you want to speed up play, cut the field sizes.”

One in favour of the European Tour inititative to commence on January 1st next year is current World No. 1 Brooks Koepka.

“Perfect and we should adopt it,” said Koepka.

“I’d love to see how many bad times guys get. I think you’ll see some urgency to play.”