Nicolas Colsaerts 40/1 © Omar Rawlings
This week seems another new playing format entering the European Tour schedule and hosted by Belgium Ryder Cup player Thomas Pieters. The idea is to play a 36-hole stroke play event with the usual cut, and the top 64 players will then compete in a match-play/stroke play event over 9-holes until the we find the winner.
It sounds like it will be an exciting competition, but I did like the six hole shoot out in the GolfSixes the other week, but we shall see. The good news is that the European Tour are prepared to try new formats which can only be good for the game of golf.
