PowerPlay Golf

PowerPlay Golf is a shorter variation of golf, featuring two flags on a green and played over nine holes. It was devised by British amateur golfer Peter McEvoy, a former victorious captain of the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team, and David Piggins, a sports venue owner and operator, assisted by a creative team from golf agency Hiseman Partners.

In PowerPlay Golf, players can choose to play to the 'easy' white flag or the more difficult "Skull 'n' Crossbones" black flag. If they score a birdie or better to the black flag, they earn double Stableford Points. Each golfer is compelled to take exactly three 'PowerPlays' in the first eight holes. They then have the option of a fourth 'PowerPlay' on the final hole. But if they get a net bogey or worse, they lose two points from their total score.

The game was first played by 16 UK golf journalists at Playgolf Northwick Park Golf Course, London, on February 6, 2007.Cite web
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/6339991.stm
title = Shorter version of golf launched
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 7 February, 2007
accessdate = 2007-12-10] Since then the format has expanded its reach, with 140 UK courses set up for the format, 14 in Australia and 30 in South Africa.

Played by the English Golf Union Elite Squad in training sessions, first occasion in April 2007.

David Kemp, a 3-handicap golfer from Guildford, Surrey, won the first ever National PowerPlay Golf Championships at Hampton Court Palace Golf Club, London, on September 6, 2007 - featured by Today's Golfer magazine.

The world's first dedicated PowerPlay Golf course is currently under construction in East Kilbride, Scotland. [Cite web
url = http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=6318968&format=raw&action=article
title = Playgolf (Holdings) Ltd - Notice of Annual General Meeting
accessdate = 2007-12-10]

External links

* [http://www.powerplay-golf.com PowerPlay official site]
* [http://www.englishgolfunion.org/ English Golf Union]

References

* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2007/09/15/sojimw115.xml"Even golf speeds up in a World Cup world."] "Daily Telegraph", September 15, 2007. Accessed, December 6, 2007.
* [http://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=golf/07/02/07/GOLF_Power.html Mark Garrod, Press Association golf correspondent]
* [http://www.tweednews.com.au/localsport/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3757311&thesection=localsport&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection= Tweed Daily News, Australia]
* [http://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=golf/07/02/07/GOLF_Power.html Sporting Life]
* [http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/sport/Course-redesign-to-make-golf.3209389.jp Grantham Journal newspaper, Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK.]
* [http://www.thegolfvine.co.uk/articles.cfm/article/powerplay-golf-offers-glimpse-of-the-future]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A19618941]