I watched the Women’s World Curling Championship last weekend (Canada won 🙂 ) and a crazy idea popped into my head. During the curling game, each team has 38 minutes to thinking time over the space of a two hour game. The details on how the timing is applied is not important, but what it does is forces teams to play at a certain pace and not waste time talking a chatting about every shot thrown. I am thinking that this is a great idea for golf, but applied in slightly different manner.
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New Rules of Golf: Searching For Your Ball
We have all spent time looking for golf balls. Whether it is our own or your playing partners’, walking through the rougher parts of the golf course is normal. If I have to look repeatedly for a golf ball, it does throw off my game, especially if the player I am with refuses to give up looking. You know that player, the one that spends more time looking for his 2 dollar ball then he spends researching before he buys a new car. It is very frustrating and has a tendency to ruin the flow of everyone’s game. Hence, the new rules of golf are designed to change that…..or will it? Continue reading
The Grateful Golfer 