Am I the only person that likes golf just as it is?

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As a fairly young adult I may be the odd one out, but i enjoy golf as it is?

IMO, This golf sixes is absolutely awful. The par 3 thing before the British masters was awful.

give me a 72 hole event any day of the week.
 
20-20 or test cricket? Same argument. There is plenty of space in golf for more than just strokeplay. That's fine for the traditionalists but golf is trying to catch the others.
 
You do wonder how Cricket fans would feel if,say, an ex-golfer and an ex-rugby player started commentating on a 20:20 game...?
There seem to have been a lot of halved matches so far.....
 
As an older (more conservative) golfer I prefer the standard format but I'm prepared to let the ET try these new events and try different versions for a few years to see if they can find something to work
 
MendieGK said:
As a fairly young adult I may be the odd one out, but i enjoy golf as it is?

IMO, This golf sixes is absolutely awful. The par 3 thing before the British masters was awful.

give me a 72 hole event any day of the week.
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No your not the only one.

I also don't give a Flying Flip about 'Growing The Game' the same as I wouldn't if I played Darts, Snooker, Crown green bowls or Tiddlywinks.
 
As a father of a 10 year old that is playing a lot of golf and a 7 year old that plays football a lot it is really tough fitting in 3 or 4 hours of golf. We actually belong to a 9 hole course with a mix of par 3 and 4 holes and we play a round of 9 in 90 minutes. This makes it very doable every week, 4 or 5 hours no chance at all.

Anything that makes it manageable and keeps them interested is good. There is room for more options it's not like the full normal version is going to disappear.
 
MendieGK said:
As a fairly young adult I may be the odd one out, but i enjoy golf as it is?

IMO, This golf sixes is absolutely awful. The par 3 thing before the British masters was awful.

give me a 72 hole event any day of the week.
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Nope you're not the only one

I do like the matchplay and team events but I don't see the need to search for the golf version of T20 - the sport isnt set up for it where as cricket does.

The format the golf is played using isn't imo the reason why golf is apparently struggling ( I also don't think it's doing too bad )

The main thing for me will always be cost
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Nope you're not the only one

I do like the matchplay and team events but I don't see the need to search for the golf version of T20 - the sport isnt set up for it where as cricket does.

The format the golf is played using isn't imo the reason why golf is apparently struggling ( I also don't think it's doing too bad )

The main thing for me will always be cost
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Well put
 
I'm happy with golf where it is.

Now that TV golf is practically all on Sky I see very little so don't get bored with 72 hole competitions anyway and overall I'm happy with things. I don't see the need for most of the recently proposed rule changes either.


In fact I'm heading in the opposite direction. A year or so back my focus on golf had just gone to scoring well and handicap, the enjoyment side was taking second place.
I tend to play most of my golf these days with vintage gear, only getting my "modern" clubs out for competitions and in the winter when I don't want to risk my old gear in the wet and mud.

I get a thrill from striping a persimmon driver down the fairway or playing a nice long iron shot with a fifties blade and the score becomes irrelevant.

It's also great using any of my expanding collection of old putters, these look like golf clubs rather than many of the mallet concoctions of today. I'm not often given to hyperbole but my recently acquired Gradidge putter is sex on a stick, see pic below. Older putters aren't as easy to use as today's mega-buck scientific devices but the satisfaction from holing a good putt is far greater, for me anyway.

I just wish that there were more competitions for vintage gear, but there seem to be very few like-minded golfers.

(Sorry, got a bit carried away there!)

Gradidge putter.jpg
 
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Reemul said:
As a father of a 10 year old that is playing a lot of golf and a 7 year old that plays football a lot it is really tough fitting in 3 or 4 hours of golf. We actually belong to a 9 hole course with a mix of par 3 and 4 holes and we play a round of 9 in 90 minutes. This makes it very doable every week, 4 or 5 hours no chance at all.

Anything that makes it manageable and keeps them interested is good. There is room for more options it's not like the full normal version is going to disappear.
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Does your golfer have pals he can play with yet, without you?
Once he's old enough you'll be able to drop him off and pick him up a few hours later.
 
I'm very happy with things as they are. I rarely have a 4bbb that lasts over 4 hours and certainly wouldn't want a shorter version of the game. Having said that I really only like test match cricket and not a shred of interest in the shorter versions of the game.
 
Watched about 10 miutes of the 6's and didn't like all the gimmicks and noise, never mind the pundit being Denise Van Outen!
 
AmandaJR said:
Watched about 10 miutes of the 6's and didn't like all the gimmicks and noise, never mind the pundit being Denise Van Outen!
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I haven't seen any of the sixes, but if it's presented in the manner that you describe, then it's another example of how modern life seems to put so much importance on vacuous razzamatazz.

It's almost as if the people trying to promote things feel that if they bamboozle the public with lots of flashy visuals and music, then there is a better chance of it being accepted. It has entirely the reverse impact on me. (For example, 20-20 cricket would be far more enjoyable if we didn't have flame throwers firing and girls dancing every time someone hits a 6).
 
Looks like you’re not the only one.

But I might be the only one to welcome new formats of the game.

I’m all for speeding things up, playing fewer holes or making the players run around a bit. Or even just incentivising them not to wait an age before taking each shot. Fewer holes, fewer clubs, fewer rules, less time, all good.

Fireworks and cheerleaders? Meh. But a faster game? Yeah!

As long as it doesn’t actually stop me (or anyone else) playing a full-fat, 18-hole game at whatever glacial pace I fancy, then new formats are all good. And if it helps attract a few more people to our game, that’s good too.

bm
 
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Gimmicks have been tried before. I remember trying Powerplay golf at The Grove with GM which was nine holes and two flags per green, with double points for going for the black flag. You had to go for three blacks and declare it on that tee before you hit the drive. Something a bit different but it never lasted
 
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