I would like to know how much the Ford Explorer into the pond with Mary Jane weighed into the decision. Seemed like a knee jerk reaction last fall.
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I want to re-emphasize that this decision (and event) are made by Innova not the PDGA.
You would be wrong. The fundamental reason we have ratings versus handicaps is I persuaded PDGA Commissioner Jim Challas in 1998 that players would rather play against others of similar skill level (measured by ratings) with straight up scores rather than use adjusted scores like ball golf handicaps. Was I right?You wouldn't know it, what with the PDGA wagons tightly circled and all. Mr. Kennedy doesn't seem to be averse to the idea of a handicap worlds.
Mr. Kennedy doesn't seem to be averse to the idea of a handicap worlds.
You would be wrong. The fundamental reason we have ratings versus handicaps is I persuaded PDGA Commissioner Jim Challas in 1998 that players would rather play against others of similar skill level (measured by ratings) with straight up scores rather than use adjusted scores like ball golf handicaps. Was I right?
How are they going to get all the wheelchairs around the course?
Because apparently no one else wanted to do it.
As a Rock Hill native I am disappointed in this change because it won't attract the same level of spectators as it has in previous years. The format change is going to put a ding in the roughly $1 million dollars that the tournament contributes to the local economy.
The strategy going forward should be pretty simple to observe. Innova is a business and the old USDGC model was financially broken. I would expect nothing more or less than a businesslike approach where future events have reasonable financial underpinnings, not necessarily profitable but less of a loss than 2010 and earlier.We'll just have to wait and see if Innova's strategy works.