JohnnyDee
Tour Winner
Reading the count back thread on the rules forum got me mulling over a pet niggle of mine.
When I started playing club golf I never knew about count back until I was edged out of a competition win very early on in my career. I remember being pretty miffed by this and immediately took against the practice although understood, when explained, why it was necessary.
Since that time I have both suffered and benefitted at the hands of this method of deadlock breaking, and whether it's a win or a runner up decision I always feel uneasy about it. As if it's unsatisfactory whatever the outcome.
Are there any alternative methods to sort out ties (without sudden death playoffs or decider rounds etc.) that anyone knows of, or does count back go back to the dawn of time.
Just curious really.
When I started playing club golf I never knew about count back until I was edged out of a competition win very early on in my career. I remember being pretty miffed by this and immediately took against the practice although understood, when explained, why it was necessary.
Since that time I have both suffered and benefitted at the hands of this method of deadlock breaking, and whether it's a win or a runner up decision I always feel uneasy about it. As if it's unsatisfactory whatever the outcome.
Are there any alternative methods to sort out ties (without sudden death playoffs or decider rounds etc.) that anyone knows of, or does count back go back to the dawn of time.
Just curious really.