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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I wonder if double elimination/cut tournaments would make things more interesting for golf fans. Cut the field on Friday to 60 or 70 and play groups of three on Saturday. Cut to 36 or 44 for the final round and play groups of two. I could see this potentially increasing the level of competition in tournaments and it also should bring coverage time down to about 6 hours on Saturday and Sunday.
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Are smaller fields really something that fans care about? Whether the final round is 8 hours or 4 hours, I can choose when to start watching. I suppose pairs is quicker than threesomes but that can just put the leaders further apart in the course which isn’t great.