SLOWER THANKEVIN NA ... NOW THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING!

 Is Andrew Loupe really that slow? 

Answer from Johnny Miller - YES!

FROM THE GOLFWEEK WEBSITE
By Luke Kerr-Dineen

The slow play issue once again cast a long shadow during the Valero Texas Open at the weekend. Andrew Loupe, whose strong finish to the 2013 Web.com season earned him a PGA Tour card for 2014, started applying the brakes almost as quickly as he rose into contention.  Loupe's pre-shot routine ranged from 39sec up to 1:15 seconds on Sunday. He was eventually put on the clock by a rules official, but even then, his routine lasted more than 50 seconds, earning him an official warning.

Relative to the rest of the tour, is 39 seconds really that slow? Even 1:15 seconds; how big a deal is that?

We decided to find out by timing video footage of random players' pre-shot routines on drives. The timer started when players were done teeing up the ball, and ended right before they started their swing. Each name on the list had at least two pre-shot routines timed, which were averaged out to the numbers listed.

 (The only numbers that weren't averaged were those of Na, Furyk, Loupe and Scott from the four specified events -- we included those just for interest.)
Here's how it shook out:

Bill Haas: 13 seconds

Angel Cabrera: 14 seconds

Rickie Fowler: 15 seconds

Steve Stricker: 19 seconds

Kevin Na: 19 seconds

Adam Scott 20 (2013 Masters Playoff)

Phil Mickelson: 21 seconds

Dustin Johnson: 21 seconds

Tiger Woods: 22 seconds

Rory McIlroy: 22 seconds

Adam Scott 23 seconds

Jason Dufner: 26 seconds

Matt Kuchar: 29 seconds

Jim Furyk: 31 seconds

Justin Rose: 33 seconds

Andrew Loupe: 39 seconds

Jum Furyk: 57 seconds (2013 PGA Championship)

Kevin Na: 1:10 seconds (2011 Players Championship)

Andrew Loupe: 1.15 seconds (2014 Valero Texas Open)

As you can see, Loupe's 0.39 second routine, relative to the other players on the list, is substantially slower than average. And with that routine seemingly slowing down even more under pressure, it's easy to see people getting increasingly annoyed.

 Johnny Miller seemed to put it best:

"If everyone on Tour played like him I'd quit announcing."