A Formula for the Renaissance of Golf, According To Barney Adams

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Published: January 14, 2011

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Barney Adams is the founder of Adams Golf.  Those who know him personally, and I cannot say that he is a personal friend, although I have met him once or twice at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, believe him to be a thoughtful man.  Clearly he was smart enough to invent the Tight Lies fairway woods which gave birth to a new golf company. 

These days Adams is retired, no longer in charge of day-to-day operations at Adams Golf, but he still loves the game of golf and plays it regularly.

Today I received a email with ideas Adams has for 1. making golf more fun 2. speeding up play 3. getting more people back out to the golf course all by shortening the length of the courses we play to make our shots equal to the shots that are hit by Tour players. 

The email was a shortened version, so I asked for the whole enchilada. The ideas in it are so good that it seemed a shame not to share them. The only thing I disagree with in his essay is the term Tour Length for golf holes. It seems it should be Tour Equitable or Tour Equivalent or even Tour Comparable length for golf courses.    

In a way, it's similar to the idea behind the Wendy's Three Tour Challenge, but instead of limiting to PGA Tour, Champions Tour, and LGPA lengths, he would add regular men's, senior men's and ladies tees to the mix.  It makes so much sense it is ridiculous. Ego remains the issue. See what you think— Kathy Bissell

A Formula for the Renaissance of Golf 

By: Barney Adams

A rather arrogant title methinks. Let’s start with the question, does golf need a renaissance and to accurately answer I looked up the word. While rebirth is given as a synonym the broader meaning is a cultural change from history going forward. When I accessed data from The National Golf Foundation and the U...
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