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European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley has hailed how plans to speed up the sport got off to a positive start during the recent Desert Swing, where round times were up to 19 minutes quicker. A new Pace of Play policy was introduced at the start of the year to identify slow players, with the aim to make the game more appealing to fans either at the course or watching on television.As well as the ability to still officially time players, referees now can issue a monitoring penalty for slow play, with world No 1 Jordan Spieth the first recipient during his opening round in Abu Dhabi. Pelleys pledge was to try and reduce round times by 15 minutes, with the new guidelines having an immediate affect at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, Qatar Masters and the Dubai Desert Classic.The measures saw average round times drop by five minutes during Abu Dhabi compared to the previous years event, while rounds in Qatar were more 10 minutes quicker than they were in similar windy conditions in 2012. Spieth took too long to line up his putt during the opening round in Abu Dhabi The biggest change came in the last group times, which were 19 minutes and 14 seconds quicker in Qatar compared to four years ago, meaning an earlier finish time for the tournament. It is terrific to see the policy has had an immediate effect, even though we are still in the early stages of its implementation, Pelley said. We said before our new measures were introduced in Abu Dhabi that we wanted to take the lead on pace of play.I am also pleased that our members have reacted positively to this change. We are continually striving to make our product even more appealing and entertaining for our fans and this is a good starting point. Chief referee John Paramor looking out for players playing too slowly There is no quick fix for slow play, but this new policy is aimed at empowering our referees to more effectively target the problem and I believe we will see even more inroads made over the coming weeks and months.A total of 95 groups were monitored during the three early-season events, with Spieth one of only five players to be handed a monitoring penalty.Daniel Brooks (Abu Dhabi, round two), Benjamin Hebert (Abu Dhabi, round four), Eddie Pepperell (Dubai, round one) and Gavin Green (Dubai, round two) complete the group, with those five now set to receive a fine for each monitoring penalty they receive during the rest of the season. Gary Christian believes stroke penalties and not fines are the only way to address the issue of slow play on the golf course The fines will increase for each following monitoring penalties, with players punished if they exceed the time allowed for a shot - 50 seconds if first to play and 40 seconds thereafter.It is important to note that our referees now have the ability to apply monitoring penalties if they see a player take an excessive amount of time over a shot, even if their group is in position on the course, so our players are now more aware than ever that slow play is unacceptable, Pelley added.Watch the European Tour throughout the season live on Sky Sports 4 - your home of golf Also See: Tour cracks down on slow play R&A: Slow play a top issue Spieth hit by slow play warning Golf live on Sky Sports 4 Tigers Jerseys 2019 . -- The Missouri Tigers might not have a roster full of superstars. Cheap Tigers Jerseys . 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Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Nearly an hour after the game ended, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles sat slumped at his locker. Coach Gus Bradley stopped by, put a hand on Bortles head and whispered something in his ear.Bradley stayed for a few minutes, long enough to know how hard Bortles was taking the teams latest loss.I feel bad for him, Bradley said.Bortles threw three interceptions, including two in a wild fourth quarter, and Baltimore (2-1) beat the Jaguars 19-17 Sunday. It was the third consecutive game Bortles had at least one turnover, far from what the Jaguars (0-3) need from their team captain and offensive leader.I think every loss feels pretty much the same, said Bortles, who now has six interceptions and seven turnovers in three games. They all feel pretty bad. ... We had unbelievable field position and continued to tremendously underachieve as an offense. Thats nobodys fault outside of mine, I believe. We didnt get it done. We had way too many turnovers, played careless with the ball.Bortles completed 24 of 38 passes for 194 yards, with two touchdowns to Allen Robinson and a career-high-tying three interceptions. He also was sacked four times. His biggest problems came in the final frame with the game on the line. Jacksonvilles defense kept getting Bortles the ball and he kept giving it back.He threw an interception two plays after Joe Flacco did. He took a sack on a third-down play on the ensuing possession, forcing a 52-yard field goal that was blocked. He was picked off one more time while trying to mount a late drive in tthe final minute.ddddddddddddIt was ugly for sure, among the worst outings of his three-year career. It also followed a lackluster performance at San Diego in which he started slow -- again -- and failed to muster anything close to a comeback.On Sunday, Bortles threw another first-quarter interception -- his third in as many games.I know hes showing up and making some plays and not enough plays as he would like, as we would like, Bradley said. I think the big thing is hes got poise and hes got to rely on that poise in these difficult situations like this.Difficult might be an understatement.The Jaguars are 0-3 for the third time in four years and surely will hear more talk about Bradleys job security as they head to London to play AFC South rival Indianapolis.I think you get to find out what kind of people are in the locker room, what kind of people are in the building when you go 0-3, Bortles said. There was a lot of hype before the season and thats all completely gone. We know that and we see that so I think you get to kind of find out the character of this team, the character of this coaching staff and what were going to do about it because weve still got 13 games to play.Its a long season. Theres a lot of ball left, and were not where we wanted to be by any means. But were still excited to have 13 opportunities to go play and win.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '