"America needs to wake up to match play. I used to think baseball was boring until I realized how much is actually going on out there. It's the same with match-play golf."

The latest pond scrum between Steve Elling and John Huggan features an interesting discussion about the unusual role Fanny Sunesson is playing as a looper and also now and sporting an instructor badge as Martin Kaymer's Deepak Chopra.

But before we leave the Accenture Match Play behind, it's more fun to read their exchange about the success of a match play even in golf.

Huggan:. I got tired of listening to the point-missers last week -- those who think match play is inferior to the plodding stroke play we see every other week of the year. I didn't see Donald having too many letdowns in any of the matches he played. There was certainly nothing "lucky" about his victory. Which brings me nicely to the fact that he is half-Scottish -- a much-disguised fact in the English media!

Elling: You didn't think the final was a bit tedious? The attendance was thin, too. I guess this is why it's a once-a-year deal. It has too many limits to fully engage the fans and TV side.

Huggan:. It was tedious if you don't understand what you're looking at.

Elling: It was tedious because it was 45 degrees, there were few birdies, and Kaymer was out of gas. There is no disputing that. Kaymer said it himself.

Huggan: America needs to wake up to match play. I used to think baseball was boring until I realized how much is actually going on out there. It's the same with match-play golf.

Yes, Sunday's final wasn't great, but the broadcasters and pictures still were engaging. Maybe not the like the rest of the week when you have multiple matches and outcomes, but still pretty good television.

But if making Sunday the best day is vital to getting more match play on the world stage, maybe a variation of the Surf Coast Knockout should get another look? Of course, this is assuming a world in which golf's decision makers care!