New and innovative or too confusing? Either way, the World Super 6 which begins with stroke play Thursday at Lake Karrinyup near Perth, Western Australia, and concludes with a 24-man match-play and knockout round on Sunday, is definitely outside the box of a conventional golf tournament.
It also includes nearest-to-the-pins to determine match-play winners, and a countback tiebreaker to determine who gets first-round byes on the Sunday. That's a system more often used in club competitions to determine who wins the monthly championship or gets a ball in the rundown.
Sanctioned by the European, Asian and PGA of Australia tours, the tournament hasn't attracted a strong field, particularly from Europe.