Golf is not a verb or a sport. Golf is a serial game whereby one is at the mercy of those ahead. Thus the 4 1/2 to 5 hour 18 hole rounds. TV is unique, in that you have many people who have nothing better to do than get out and attack that little ball on the buffet of all you can eat/play executive courses. We now have people with absolutely no idea what they are doing, filling out their score card on the green, cleaning their club and putting it in the bag at the green, slow walking to and from their cart, standing over a 20 foot putt for a couple of minutes, only to end up three or four putting, BSing for five minutes before each tee shot....and you end up with 1 1/2 hour to 2 hour par 3 rounds. And you wonder why golf is dying? I know, "what's the hurry, you're retired". What's the hurry? I'm getting old. I don't have that much time. That's the hurry. Why not promote match play. Much quicker; easily 9 holes in 50 minutes or less. It really is what golf used to be; a match. Stroke play has contributed to the slowness. I doubt many TVers ever tried match play.
There is one interesting golf thing I have seen. It is this golf scoring in which the players' scores are a composite of strokes and time. Not sure how it works, but the best scores are had by running to your ball. Won't work here; too many hip and knee replacements, but it may catch on with younger, more active people.
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