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Golf – It’s a Putter’s Game
Should Golf continue to be called "Golf", or should the name
of the sport be changed to "Putt"? The reason that I ask
this is that the modern game of Golf has become nothing but
a "putting contest" at the top professional levels. Ask any
top pro golfer, man or woman, and they will tell you that it
is indeed a putting contest on the pro tours for the most
part.
It doesn't matter as much as it use to about the ball
striking. What matters the most nowadays is the golfer that
putts the best. I will give you an example. I watched the
PGA match play tournament recently(they should play that
format more often). One of the matches went to extra holes.
On the first extra hole, one player hit his second shot to
about 60 feet from the pin. The other player hit it to about
15 feet. The player with the 60 footer makes his extremely
long putt. The player from about 15 feet misses his putt and
looses the match. Is that right? Shouldn't it be the player
that hits it closest to the pin wins?
I believe golf needs to be changed. The greens are perfect
like billiards tables nowadays, unlike the old days. I
believe they should make the greens not as puttable outside
of 15 feet, or so. If you strike the ball inside of 15 feet,
you are rewarded with a nice puttable surface. If you strike
it outside of 15 feet, the green isn't as puttable, yet not
too bad. This should make golfers have to concentrate on
being better ball strikers, the way the game was meant to be
played. Another possible solution is to make the hole
bigger, so the the ball strikers, that aren't great putters,
can compete with the "putters".
I believe Golf needs to be changed to put more of an
emphasis on ball striking and not putting. I would love to
see a pro tournament where there was no putting. The player
with the best combined average closet to the pin, over the
few days of the tournament, wins. Then we will see who the
real golfers(ball strikers, not putters) are.
I do realize that putting is a big part of Golf, but it is
too big of a part, thus making the modern game of Golf a
flawed sport. It should be more about ball striking, not
putting.
Gary DeJohn is the head writer for Poor Man's Loans. For
more information, please visit: http://www.PoorMansLoans.com
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