What Olympic Golf Format Would Make For Must-See Golf?
/Outside of the world's top players, who we know are paid for their business acumen, creativity, vision and overall love of charity, no one likes the idea of professionals playing 72-holes for Olympic golf.
We know the professional issue is dead. The IOC wants the best, the best is what they'll get even though we know amateurs would bring much more passion. Fine.
I'd love to see something with a 36-hole qualifying and round robin match play, maybe even 9-hole matches in pools to legitimize the 9-hole round to the world, with traditional 18-hole matches for the medal round. It would reward athleticism, it would be very different than anything we see, and we'd witness the kind of emotions that only match play can produce.
What format would make you watch online or pony up for some sort of pay-per-view package in 2016?