BMW PGA the first European Tour event to use GPS tracking on slow play

This week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth will be the first European Tour event to use a GPS tracking system that will allow tournament officials to keep track of pace of play.

The European Tour recently announced its new four-point plan that will look to address slow play, and that plan will instantly be put to the test on Wentworth's famous West Course.

According to a Golf Channel report, the European Tour's new GPS tracking system will be on hand at five different tee boxes to inform players of their position relative to the groups around them.

The tees in question at the BMW PGA will be the par-5 4th, par-4 7th, par-3 10th, par-4 13th and par-4 16th.

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Should any group be out of position then a red number will appear with a plus mark. 

It is expected that moving forwards into next season, the European Tour will have GPS tracking on all 18 holes of a tournament.

GPS tracking of slow play was trialled for the first time at the Open de Bretagne on the Challenge Tour two weeks ago.

The European Tour first tested the tracking system at the Challenge Tour's Open de Bretagne a couple of weeks ago. 

Rory McIlroy starts a warm tournament favourite as he goes in search of his second career BMW PGA Championship title that he won in 2014. Francesco Molinari is the defending champion. 

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