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World Cup of Golf's new format not for me

21st November, 2013
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21st November, 2013
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The 2013 World Cup of Golf kicked off on Thursday at Royal Melbourne Golf Club under a new format from previous years.

The fourball and foursomes format has been replaced by a highly controversial individual stroke play format, where the scores from fellow countrymen are added together over the four rounds.

While none of the players taking part in the tournament wanted to admit it, they aren’t a fan of the new setup which has become more of individual tournament instead of a team-based one with the prize money distribution.

Individuals will play for a purse of $7 million, while the teams section is only worth a measly $1 million.

In an added twist to the event, under the qualification structure not all participating countries have two men in their team, meaning they’re ineligible for the teams trophy.

Also, players won’t play with their teammates until round three.

While World Cups are meant to be about countries coming together, golf has got their’s wrong and it has just become another WGC-like individual tournament with little to no importance placed on the teams part of it.

With the new structure under a trial format, let’s hope they can return to the old format and get it right for the future, with this year’s tournament a missed opportunity with such a world class field assembled on the Melbourne sand belt course.

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