Wednesday, February 13, 2008

A Fundmental Issue : Scoring

The underlying concept of the 1/2 stroke raises the question ; could Golf change it's scoring system?

Right now every shot, no matter how difficult costs the golfer the same one stroke. The Half Stroke concept only charges 1/2 stroke for the last shot if it is less than one ball diameter from the hole.

If a ball stops less than one ball diameter, it is such an easy shot, all golfers will make it 100% of the time. Therefore a no skill shot should only cost 1/2 stroke.