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Interminable slow play at Masters putting off viewers and players

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Rory McIlroy posted a first-round 72 at the Masters on Thursday .

The Northern Irishman had taken almost six hours to get round at Augusta .

Slow play is not just boring for viewers, it is disrespectful to other players.

The PGA Tour famously has not handed out a slow-play penalty in a regular, individual stroke-play event since 1995 .

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