ISPS Handa Stays Busy!

The ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth snuck up on me this week. I wanted to say it, however found out that ISPS Handa has been inside the midst of several current golfing activities. It's smooth to miss exactly how many occasions this single sponsor has a hand in, so I wanted to take this post to provide them a shoutout.

The International Sports Promotion Society, higher called ISPS Handa, is a Japanese non-income enterprise that promotes blind and disabled golf international. And they're developing a recognition for popularizing some of unusual formats for everyday golf tournaments as well.

In simply the final two weeks we've got seen numerous examples in Australia:

• the Vic Open, the first event to have the men and women play the same course at the same time for identical purses
• the Women's Australian Open, one of the big events for all of the women's tours
• the World Super 6 Perth, a men's event with a unique blend of medal play and match play where the ultimate winner is determined by a series of six-hole matches

And the ones are just within the ultimate weeks! This article at Wikipedia will give you a better idea of just how many events they're currently involved with, and also how many they've helped in the past. I think you'll be surprised to see just how widespread their influence has been.

For those of you unexpected with the rules of the World Super 6 Perth, this page at thegolfnewsnet.Com will give you a quick breakdown of the format. Basically, a complete field of 156 gamers performs three rounds of medal play, with a reduce to sixty five and ties after two rounds and some other cut to 24 after three rounds, then those 24 play off with the six-hollow matches to determine the winner.

It's a amusing format that GC covers, and ISPS Handa's involvement in the modern Australian events is just another instance of the way they look for new and sudden ways to spread the sport. They are in reality one of the unsung heroes in modern golfing.