Australia to host revolutionary golf tournament

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A caller T20-style golf tourney sanctioned by the Australian PGA volition debut adjacent summer.

The Ultra Golf Championship volition travel a nine-hole teams format, initially with 10 city-based franchises.

The teams volition dwell of a marquee squad captain, with the contention moving implicit 4 days with antithetic lucifer formats.

Scoring volition beryllium antithetic arsenic well, with the strategy described arsenic "unique and exciting". Instead of counting strokes, players volition accrue points connected each hole, depending connected people achieved.

UGC laminitis Deke Smith said the format was the merchandise of 5 years of planning.

"We are appealing to a wider instrumentality base, giving radical a caller mode to devour their golf, athletics and entertainment, and we deliberation that it's a large mode to turn the crippled of golf," helium said.

"We spot this conception appealing to a younger assemblage due to the fact that we volition spot a effect successful 2 hours' of golf.

"We spot parochial sports fans getting down their ain metropolis team.

"It's taken america immoderate clip to get to this point, but we couldn't beryllium much excited astir what is to come. We deliberation it's thing that play needs successful this state and we're excited to beryllium delivering it."

The contention would besides see broadside games often seen successful nine competitions - agelong drive, which would grant the victor an other 3 points.

Initial teams are from Bangkok, Delhi, Dubai, London, LA, New York, Melbourne, Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo.

Australasian PGA Tour tourney manager Nick Dastey said the contention had the imaginable to turn the game.

"This is an lawsuit we are passionate astir and it continues to align with our innovation successful the crippled successful Australia," helium said.

"We cognize erstwhile this satellite archetypal format has immoderate of the champion players successful the satellite showcasing it connected TV adjacent year, Ultra Golf Championship volition go a portion of each play fans beingness done some nonrecreational and amateur play with anyone capable to play and bask the format."

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