As it turns out, the issue of slow play travels. At this week's BMW Australian PGA Championship, the first event on the 2025 DP World Tour schedule, rookie Jacob Skov Olesen was called out just 10 holes into his professional career and hit where it hurts—on the scorecard.

Denmark's Jacob Skov Olesen, the 2024 British Amateur champion who had advanced through DP World Tour Q School, was making his first pro start in the tour's 2024-25 season opener when he was penalized.

The DP World Tour Championship, which starts on Thursday at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in the United Arab Emirates, isn’t lacking in familiar names. The contenders include the major champions Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Adam Scott and Shane Lowry.

There has been plenty of discussion recently about slow play in professional golf. Well, for one DP World Tour rookie making his first professional start, he wasn’t given any slack. Jacob Skov Olesen was assessed a one-shot penalty during the first round of the 2024 BMW Australian PGA Championship on Thursday for slow play.

Jacob Skov Olesen was handed a one-shot penalty for slow play at the Australian PGA Championship in what was his very first start as a professional