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Originally Posted by BrianL99
You obviously don't know the rules of golf, which are different for Match Play.
Perhaps you should petition the USGA and see if you can get them to change the Rules of Golf?
& just for context, the average "Make %" on the PGA Tour for 3' putts, is 99.4%. The upper echelon on the Tour manages an even higher %.
If you were paying attention, I don't think there's was a single putt "given" in the entire Ryder Cup, that was under 3', if it was of consequence and not a "good/good" situation.
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I disagree with the last paragraph because most putts conceded WERE under 3 feet.
Also, match play tournaments are pretty much obsolete in pro golf. But, this was not a typical match play tournament, because when a player concedes a putt, it affects the entire team, not just the player, as it would in a typical match play tournament. The concept of conceding a putt is based on the premise that only the player conceding the putt is affected. That is why a player cannot concede a putt in a stroke play tournament. Match play tournaments were replaced with stroke play tournaments many years ago.