In this week’s edition, we celebrate team golf and the Zurich Classic, savor an all-time Twitter clash and consider how the majors should stand above the fray in professional golf.
Made Cut
Team efforts. A few weeks back, this writer dismissed those who were lamenting the end of the WGC-Match Play, which will not be on next year’s schedule. Lost in the handwringing was the fact that the match-play format sounds refreshing in theory but has proven beyond problematic in practice.
The opposite to that issue is last week’s Zurich Classic, a two-man team event that uses fourball and alternate-shot formats that break up the monotony of the Tour’s stroke-play schedule and create compelling competitions.