Insanity Redefined: Aus PGA Uses Same Playoff Hole 7 Times

I understand that it's a cliché to wheel out the "definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result" line.

But you'll recall the difficult par-4 18th hole was used four agonizingly dull times last month to decide the Race To The CME Globe, ultimately captured by Lydia Ko.

But the Australian PGA topped that with a nightmarish seven trips over the dreary 18th at Royal Pines.

Greg Chalmers ultimately prevailed over Adam Scott (and Wade Ormsby who bowed out after three times down 18).

I understand that tournament directors decide to play the finishing hole over and over again because of the crowd having gathered and the corporate tents are likely to be pleased to have a playoff come to them. But way too many courses finish on long, boring par-4s that rarely involve risk-reward situations that separate elite players from the merely great.

So please, stop this new tradition now before anyone has to sit through such a playoff again.

Seven times!