I spent a lot of time studying slow play over the past 40 years. It's a major problem in the business of golf and everyone is looking for a solution. what I found and I believe that statistic by NGF will show is that higher handicap players tend to spend a lot of time getting to the green, but tend to chip and putt very quickly. Better players tend to get to the green quickly but spend a lot of time lining up chips pitches and puts.
Knowing that, I don't see where enlarging the hole would help speed up the game for the average player. And I don't think that better players would be interested in seeing the rule change.
By the way, for those who say this is not done in other sports, have you ever seen bumper bowling? They place bumpers in the channels for children and beginners so there are never any gutter balls. I see nothing wrong with for children and beginners in order to let them have fun and learn the game. Maybe the same thing could be done in golf with two holes on each green. They have forward tees for higher handicap players and I have met some terrible players that can drive the ball a mile. It seems that the only advantage given to higher handicap players is length and sometimes very little of that.
Of course we have the handicap system but maybe a two hole system wouldn't be a bad idea.
I wouldn't be against it as long as other measures were put in place.
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