Party holes at golf comps.

[Tashyboy]

So a pal of mine who was in our fuddle is now in Australia for 3 months. He has put a few photos up today and he is at the BMW Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane. One of the holes is the party hole. It looks very similar in concept to the hole at the ? Phoenix open.
Is this the way forward to get people coming to golf comps.

Thoughts.

 

[Billysboots]

Not if it encourages the sort of raucous behaviour we saw at the Ryder Cup.

I’m not a fan of it myself.

 

[Mel Smooth]

I don't think we'll be seeing one at The Open anytime soon, but yeah, why not...

If people are paying hard earned cash to be entertained at a golf tournament, why should the entertainment be restricted to just the golf.

 

[D-S]

If it serves the purpose of containing/confining all the ‘get in the hole’ and ‘mashed potatoes’ muppets on one hole then I’m all for it.

 

[The Squirrel]

If people like it then absolutely yes do it. Wouldn’t be my choice of viewing location - but that’s not a problem at all - I’ve got 17 other holes to wander round.

 

[IanM]

Trouble is you can hear the music miles away...

No problem with it per se, but it’s not for me. I hope it doesn't evolve into what has happened in Horse Racing.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Horrific - appeases the lowest level of drunk idiot

It’s embarrassing at Phoenix and then even more embarrassing when people try and copy something that’s embarrassing

If you want to just get smashed and throw stuff at people then just go to a bar

 

[Burnsey]

It's the lesser tours we need people at, LPGA etc. I'd say the major tournaments are set out just right and there are alternatives for those who want to party at golf. It is not a positive strategy ar all.

 

[Neilds]

No. Full stop. End of.

 

[Imurg]

Not my bag....especially when it boils over like it did at Phoenix a couple of years ago..
But as long as the crowd respects the players and keeps quiet while they're trying to do their job it's not the end of civilisation as we know it.
Would anyone else like people shouting and hollering, slopping weak beer all over the place while they were doing their job..?
There's a time and a place.......

 

[cleveland52]

So a pal of mine who was in our fuddle is now in Australia for 3 months. He has put a few photos up today and he is at the BMW Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane. One of the holes is the party hole. It looks very similar in concept to the hole at the ? Phoenix open.
Is this the way forward to get people coming to golf comps.

Thoughts.

Seems to be the going trend.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Nothing but classless hillbillys.
In a country that is even taboo to say 'poo" in public, to allow uncontrolled consumption of so much water is just plain bonkers

 

[Petercool]

So a pal of mine who was in our fuddle is now in Australia for 3 months. He has put a few photos up today and he is at the BMW Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane. One of the holes is the party hole. It looks very similar in concept to the hole at the ? Phoenix open.
Is this the way forward to get people coming to golf comps.

Thoughts.

If it keeps those dickheads that yell "mashed potatoe" or "get in the hole" from 450mtrs out of all other holes, than I love the party holes. Keep those dickheads away from the actual game

 

[Bazz]

If it serves the purpose of containing/confining all the ‘get in the hole’ and ‘mashed potatoes’ muppets on one hole then I’m all for it.

Then they should miss the hole out, and leave them to it. Doubt most would notice.

 

[Beezerk]

I don’t mind them, I’d most likely visit the hole if I was at the tournament but possibly not for long

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I don’t mind them, I’d most likely visit the hole if I was at the tournament but possibly not for long

^^^^ What he said

It would be a fun exeperience for a spell, then I'd move on.

I'm sure it brings more people and so more money into the tournament and into the players pockets. If the players hated it, they would just miss that tournament. Most seem to embrac it as a bit of fun. I wouldn't have one at every tournament but a few per year, yup.

 

[irip]

It’s a gamble for those who decide these things.
They are hoping to gain more different/younger fans by making the game seem more young and hip and hope to still keep the older demographic who will disagree with it but put up with it.
The gamble is they gain more fans than they lose.

By fans I mean people who will actually go and watch and spend their money so customers might be a better terminology

 

[LincolnShep]

They're crass, and full of boorish morons.

 

[SatchFan]

Just like the Ryder Cup except only on one hole.

 

[Billysboots]

Problem I see with it is that it’s not just the one hole, so to suggest the behaviour or noise are confined is a little ambitious.

Anyone who saw the Solheim Cup when it was held at Finca Cortesin cannot possibly have missed the music blaring out from the 1st tee. You could hear it regardless of where the footage was coming from on the course. It carried across the entire course.

Sorry. Not for me.