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Golf ought To Be a Team Sport!

Golf ought To Be a Team Sport!

Golf industry is trying as much as possible to attract younger players. To make the children induced into the game a foot golf, a fifteen inch hole and a golf board (which is a vehicle) are being used to replace the handed down golf cart with skateboard which is motorized. The question remains as, what would happen if golf became a team sports?

Many may find it awkward but it has been proven that team playing is the best combination for people under the age of 35.Kris Hart said that he thinks golf as a team sport regardless other don’t have the same view as him. Since the formation of Nextgengolf organization in 2014 most players are from 18 to 34 years of age. In college 450 students from different schools compete in club tournaments. They compete in group of eights. Only those who score five counts win. On the City Tour teams of four to six people compete in a two team formats where the team which scores on each hole wins. A scramble up is also there, whereby everyone in the team tries his or her best shot.

Kris hart tried to explain that by playing together unity can be achieved and the game becomes more enjoyable with everyone participating than individuals. PGA of America tried this formats to kids under the age of 13 and many joined. In the last three years, the number tripled with 30,000 members. Teaming in golf helps players to co- exist as each player knows which wing or side he can play best.  Most watched golf events are individual but since the early 1960s it has been proven right that teaming up helps mobilize the players to one opponent and try as much as possible to muster their positions very well.

This summer golf officials chose the PGA formats that is: seventy two holes of individuals shot play. As a result of this occurrences golf as an individual game play persists. Kris Hart cited many games which gear young people to make friends. These games are basketball and soccer. Golf isn’t included here because it’s a  very stand alone game. Hart concluded by saying that the organization is looking at way in which everyone can be included in one game instead of one person playing a match, solo.

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Footgolf takes over pitch and putt

Footgolf takes over pitch and putt

Get ready Wirral! The well- known two UK sports are already at your doorstep, according to the latest news. Footgolf is now available for the pitch and putt course which is located at the Arrowe Park, with particularly improved holes and t- shirts that are conveniently altered to represent the recent games.  There have also been some alterations in the golf holes so that they can easily accommodate footballs. The footgolf players are also aiming to finish their game in the 9 to 18 holes, in a few shots, within a very short period of playing. Compared to traditional golf holes, the footgolf holes are much shorter, with an average length of 100 yards.

However, they are not trying to do away with the traditional golf holes, they will be merged together, but the footgolf holes will have new mats and t- shirt marks being fitted into larger hole. The mixture of the two games have attracted a wide pool of potential players, both interested in the traditional golf and  the footgolf, though this hybrid set of games have only being available in Liverpool and Cheshire. The cabinet member for Leisure and culture, Cllr Chris Meaden stated that footgolf is an upcoming sport that attracts a wide array of people who travel to use the golf courses.

The cabinet member also said that they are been very careful to ensure that the municipal resources are not being negatively affected, and they have therefore come up with ways to make sure the resources are not affected. He also pledged that by 2020, the people will be able to have a chance in leisure and cultural occasions, footgolf is among the new sports that they will be planning in having around. Players will be able to play from 8 am to 6pm on weekdays, and from 7 am to 6pm during weekends.s.

Adults will be able to play for 5 euros, while juniors will play fir 3 euros, for every 9 holes. Families will have special packages set aside for them.

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