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. Olesen, the 2024 British Amateur champion, advanced via DP World Tour Q-School to earn his card and was making his pro debut in the tour’s 2024-25 season opener at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane.

A rising star on the DP World Tour was hit with a penalty on their first pro start at the BMW Australian PGA Championship.

DP World Tour rookie Jacob Skov Olesen assessed a one-shot penalty for taking an age to play his approach shot into the par-4 10th.

Slow play is all the rage these days … well, maybe not slow play but slow-play discussion, debate and “ruthless” solutions. Throw a rock on any golf course and you’re bound to hit someone with a hot slow-play take.

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.