Again golf lost 5 million players n the last 10 years so those business people in the golf industry want to stop this exodus and then add numbers. The complaints were it cost too much, takes too long and is hard to master.
Taylormade sponsored an event a month or so ago in Greensboro, NC inviting some professionals Sergio Garcia etc. they cut 15"holes to experiment.
Enter TV with its Ready golf which isn't so ready and for some not golf.
Cutting 6"holes is going to work but it going to make some people feel better.
On the executive courses many players utilize the Callaway rule and thus do a in the pocket after 5-6 strokes. It also explains why the gimmees and the mulligans. I won't take a mulligan because in Scotland it means three but then I will pick up if I am 3-4 strokes and not finished. I will accept a gimmee.
However if a player also plays championship courses often than doing the mulligan and the gimmees is going to weaken his game
I suspect if a golfer plays a course with a 6"hole and a 4 1/4"hole he has to designate which hole he will use for that round. I also suspect that if a ball goes in the non designated hole its a free life and certainly not a hole in one.
Frankly as a purist I am saddened by the industry's willingness to dumb down this wonderful game.
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