05-20-2024, 09:25 PM
Match play really is darn close to a coin flip.
#1 seed probably has a bit better than a 1 in 8 chance, but it is still close to random.
I realize the format is better for TV than the stroke play team format, but...
It would have been epic this year if they were still using stroke play for the team title.
Texas A&M would have had their individual player weighing the benefits of playing it safe on the final holes to win the individual title against the need to try to save a few strokes for the team. In this format the team fell to a who cares #3 seed, but in a stroke play her potential challenges trying to balance the near sure thing of the individual title against the needs for the team could have produced some epic risky choices that might or might not have paid off. Instead the Monday afternoon broadcast was a bit boring, especially after Wake Forest was eliminated.
#1 seed probably has a bit better than a 1 in 8 chance, but it is still close to random.
I realize the format is better for TV than the stroke play team format, but...
It would have been epic this year if they were still using stroke play for the team title.
Texas A&M would have had their individual player weighing the benefits of playing it safe on the final holes to win the individual title against the need to try to save a few strokes for the team. In this format the team fell to a who cares #3 seed, but in a stroke play her potential challenges trying to balance the near sure thing of the individual title against the needs for the team could have produced some epic risky choices that might or might not have paid off. Instead the Monday afternoon broadcast was a bit boring, especially after Wake Forest was eliminated.