The ISPS Handa Vic Open is (in my opinion) one of the cooler thoughts in golf -- because the advertising says, ?Men and girls. On the same route. At the equal time. For equal prize money.?
The males and females are not playing every other. True, they're on the identical path on the identical time... However the groupings are all male or all lady, they exchange tee instances and the publications are distinct lengths for every. Still, there are an excellent wide variety of men and women in the event, and the to be had prize money at the event is split similarly among them.
Yes, I assume that's pretty cool. It makes for thrilling TV and it allows the men and women to at least mingle on the occasion and analyze from each other. That's something that I assume can handiest help the sport.
In case you're unusual with the format, here's the European Tour's precis of how matters work:
This week, each men and women are competing for their respective ISPS Handa Vic Open titles. Both activities are being contested at thirteenth Beach Golf Links on the Bellarine Peninsula with males and females alternating tee instances on the Beach and Creek Courses.
A 36-hollow reduce will reduce both tournaments to the top 60 gamers and ties, with the final two rounds to be performed solely on the Beach Course. A 54-hollow reduce will then lessen the sphere to the pinnacle 35 and ties for the very last round, once more at the Beach Course.And to call this a co-sanctioned event seems to be almost an understatement. There are four tours working together here -- the European Tour, the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australia, the LPGA and the ALPG Tour.
Celine Boutier and David Law are the defending champs, and both fields boast some star power. Best of all, GC's live coverage of the event starts tonight (Wednesday) at 11pm ET. I like being able to watch men's golf and women's golf at the same time!
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