Cosmo
Well-Known Member
I looked through five pages and didn't see a thread ...
If there is one, please link. Otherwise:
This COULD be a really good system, but it would take the golf mainstream to swallow its pride and turn this thing into a true, single-elimination playoff.
So you don't feel like playing the Barclays Tiger? Good, you're eliminated. Only the top 120 in this tournament advance to next week.
Buh, buh, buh .... that will make the regular season irrelevant! (Like the ****ing Zurich Classic of New Orleans is relevant anyway).
Well, the NBA's best team lost in the first round of the playoffs this year. And No. 2 seeds lose in the NCAA tournament. It's called excitement.
Make it pure single elimination. Top 120 this week play next week. Top 70 next week play in week three. Top 30 play in the Tour Championship. Enter the Cinderella factor. Maybe player No. 137 gets wicked hot at the right time and makes a run to Atlanta. It's like George Mason. Maybe Vijay or Sergio struggles so much in week 1 that he fails to make it to the 120. Good. That's excitement.
What this thing is now is just pure confusion. And the fact that Tiger can miss an event with little penalty, and that the tour computers project that no one ranked lower than 13 can win the whole shebang, well, that makes these "playoffs" a true snoozefest.
If there is one, please link. Otherwise:
This COULD be a really good system, but it would take the golf mainstream to swallow its pride and turn this thing into a true, single-elimination playoff.
So you don't feel like playing the Barclays Tiger? Good, you're eliminated. Only the top 120 in this tournament advance to next week.
Buh, buh, buh .... that will make the regular season irrelevant! (Like the ****ing Zurich Classic of New Orleans is relevant anyway).
Well, the NBA's best team lost in the first round of the playoffs this year. And No. 2 seeds lose in the NCAA tournament. It's called excitement.
Make it pure single elimination. Top 120 this week play next week. Top 70 next week play in week three. Top 30 play in the Tour Championship. Enter the Cinderella factor. Maybe player No. 137 gets wicked hot at the right time and makes a run to Atlanta. It's like George Mason. Maybe Vijay or Sergio struggles so much in week 1 that he fails to make it to the 120. Good. That's excitement.
What this thing is now is just pure confusion. And the fact that Tiger can miss an event with little penalty, and that the tour computers project that no one ranked lower than 13 can win the whole shebang, well, that makes these "playoffs" a true snoozefest.
