Six-time major champion Sir Nick Faldo predicts the professional game will break with 18-hole orthodoxy and stage a tour event on a 12-hole layout before the decade is out.
To the traditionalists who view the 18-hole loop with the sacred reverence of holy scripture, Sir Nick Faldo has delivered a rather sharp reality check.
Golf’s fixation with 18 holes is largely an accident of St Andrews history—the result of the Royal and Ancient deciding in 1858 to combine several short holes on the Old Course.
Faldo’s assertion signals a profound philosophical shift from within the game’s old guard.
Six-time major champion Sir Nick Faldo predicts the professional game will break with 18-hole orthodoxy and stage a tour event on a 12-hole layout before the decade is out.