A Short Open Letter To Purists: Be Open To 15-Inch Cups
/Brace yourselves purists who've been making great points in the Hack Golf debate.
However, I've penned a short GolfDigest.com letter asking that you keep an open mind about 15 inch cups, or at the very least, start taking your passionate views in defense of the game and focusing on the costly chase for faster greens. The chase for putting surface speed is doing nothing to make the game more enjoyable or more affordable. Nor does the speed chase retain golfers.
In a roundabout way, 15-inch cups may be the only way to minimize the absurd chase for speed. Or at least generate so discussion. Which is why I, (hopefully still considered) a purist, will not write them off. That concludes the longest-ever introduction to a 500 word letter.
Gary Williams, Charlie Rymer and I talked about the Hack Golf debate on Morning Drive today, along with many other topics including Tom Watson's Ryder Cup comments, the Masters and Michelle Wie:
