Golf 2.0 A blueprint for a better game

Golf has been played on these isles for at least 550 years. There’s a reason for its longevity–it’s a fantastic sport. But, like anything growing to a ripe old age, golf has developed its idiosyncrasies over the centuries. Changing society and culture have influenced the game over a long time and, although we relish golf’s rich history, there are elements of the sport, embedded over years, that don’t quite align with today’s world.

While in lockdown waiting to get back on the course, the Golf Monthly team put its heads together and pondered the question: if we had a blank canvas and could design golf from scratch, what would the sport look like? Here, we consider our ‘Golf 2.0’.

First of all, it should be noted that we (as you would expect) like golf a great deal, so would change little with regards the fundamentals of the game. The objective of hitting a ball from one point to another, eventually finding