Should the PGA Championship go back to Match Play?

[Kenny B]

 

Back to the PGA I think they've made a great step by moving it earlier in the year when it will get more attention and be played on some different courses even than the USGA is able to use.  Could you imagine Shinnecock in May?  Oh wait, they will be playing on a brutal course half an hour away from there this year - I'm rooting for snow.

So... would it still be a major if it were weather-shortened to 36 holes?

[NiftyNiblick]

If match play is so bad for television, why are the tennis Grand Slam events televised?

 

I'd be curious to see the tennis players attempt to take on the entire field at once.

[AH1980MN]

Maybe if it were double elimination...

[NiftyNiblick]

Maybe if it were double elimination...

One and done is the intensity of match play.

I'm all for it.

As I've mentioned, tennis has no choice but to be match play and it works for them.

 

People think that majors haven't had match play since the 1957 PGA, but that's not really true.

 

The USGA and R&A Amateur Championships, both match play, are majors too.

That's what made the Bobby Jones Grand Slam so historic.

People have no respect for tradition anymore, or so it at least seems.

[bens197]

As much as I've never cared for the PGA of America, their major has given us some of the best golf that we've seen in years.

 

Everything doesn't have to be meddled with.

 

 

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[sethasspro10]

I think it would be awesome to see the PGA of America go to a 2 man format with this event like the Zurich but the kicker is let there be a regular tour pro as one member of the team and the other member of the team be a PGA Class A member. I think this would be a huge success and also give the Class A guys a shot besides just 20 of them each year. Have the format as a combined score so both players scores would count. Talk about shaking things up this would do it for sure!

[NiftyNiblick]

I love that suggestion, Seth.

 

Golf Pro / Pro Golfer teams for the PGA Championship!!!

 

It would work as match play like tennis or stroke play like a horse race.

 

Hell--have two events! 

[excourse]

One of the things I like about golf is that it's an individual sport. I know, I know...Ryder Cup, etc etc. Not a big fan of those, and really wouldn't enjoy another team event added to the mix. Match play is the ultimate golf challenge and there should be more of it.

 

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[sethasspro10]

I love that suggestion, Seth.

 

Golf Pro / Pro Golfer teams for the PGA Championship!!!

 

It would work as match play like tennis or stroke play like a horse race.

 

Hell--have two events!

I just think it would be the utmost way to give back to the club pro who is busting his tail all year long keeping people interested in the game and a halfway shot at some decent prize money because the section events just don't pay out from what I have seen. Also, it would go a long way for the PGA who ultimately is about giving back to the folks that give their hearts all year long.