On saturday night at the Ryder Cup, the captains will have to make the most important decision of the week – who to play at the bottom of the singles draw. If the matches come down to the end, you do not necessarily want your best players in the final spots; you want clutch players for when the heavens shatter and the earth gives way beneath their feet.
The entire FedEx Cup playoffs should be overhauled, reduced in tournaments but increased in total players and re-imagined using a match play format with a twist – where top seeds compete in the first round to earn a bye or face a second chance saloon.
Damage to golf courses – both deliberate and carried out in a rage – is on the rise The course staff at my home club woke one morning last January to discover that three greens, a tee and two fairways had been damaged by a motorbike vandal – and on the eve of hosting the Read more…
It’s almost a philosophical debate: should a playoff be obliged to provide an advantage to the most consistent performer all season, or should the closing act be a totally level playing field?
Now, there are some obvious instances when abandoning a round is totally fine. Playing alone? Sure, walk off at your leisure. Nobody gets hurt. With strangers? They don’t care about me, I don’t care about them. Good day, sirs.
Australian Golf Digest
