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I-R&A kanye ne-United States Golf Association (USGA) babambe isithangami nabezindaba ngoLwesibili ukumemezela iziphakamiso zabo zokuhlehlisa amabanga amabhola egalofu ungandiza emiqhudelwaneni ye-elite.
Ekuphenduleni, eziningana ze eyegalofu elite let fly.
Ekhuluma phambili Izingoma ze-PGA Tour I-Valspar Championship, i-world No. 15 u-Sam Burns uchaze izinhlelo “njengeziwubuphukuphuku,” nezichaza u-Justin Thomas “ngokuthuka” ngesihloko esithathe imizuzu emithathu.
“Uzama ukudala isixazululo enkingeni engekho … kimina, kubi kakhulu emdlalweni wegalofu,” kusho uThomas etshela abezindaba.
Ukugxekwa kukaBryson DeChambeau kwakucasula nakakhulu. Odumile ngamabanga akhe okushayela, umpetha we-US Open ka-2020 uchaze lezi ziphakamiso “njengokukhubazeka okukhulu” kwabanye abadlali abashaya kakhulu.
“Uma ungathi ngilingana nezikhathi eziyi-1,000, yilokho engingaba yikho,” uDeChambeau. utshele Iwebhusayithi ye-LIV Golf ngaphambi komcimbi we-Saudi-backed Tour e-Tucson, e-Arizona ngoLwesibili.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi into embi kakhulu ongayenza emdlalweni wegalofu. Akukhona ngokuhlehlisa amabhola egalofu – kumayelana nokwenza izinkundla zegalofu zibe nzima kakhulu.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi yinto engacabangeli, engagqugquzeli, futhi enciphisa umdlalo ongayenza. Wonke umuntu ufuna ukubona abantu beyishaya kude.
“Leso yisizathu esenza abantu abaningi bakuthande engikwenzayo. Kuyingxenye yesizathu sokuthi abantu abaningi bangakuthandi engikwenzayo. Ngikhuluma ngokulingana. Angikhulumi ngokulingana kulokhu.”
I-masterclass kaBryson DeChambeau yokushayela
Ngaphansi kwemithetho ehlongozwayo ye-R&A kanye ne-USGA, abahleli bomqhudelwano bazoba nenketho yokukwenza kube impoqo kubadlali begalofu ukuthi basebenzise amabhola ahlolwe ngaphansi kwezimo zokuqalisa ezishintshiwe ukuze kukhawulwe inkinga ecatshangwayo yobude bokushaya.
Ukwenyuka kancane kancane kwamabanga okushaya phakathi namashumi amabili eminyaka adlule, kanye nokwelulwa okulandelayo kwenkundla yegalofu, “kusongela ukusimama kwegalofu isikhathi eside futhi kubukela phansi imigomo eyinhloko yokuthi isethi ebanzi nelinganiselwe yamakhono okudlala kufanele ihlale iyisinqumo esiyinhloko sempumelelo yegalofu. ,” a isitatimende sephephandaba ezindikimbeni ezimbili ezibusayo zifundwe.
Iziphakamiso – ezizoqala ukusebenza ngo-2026 uma zamukelwe – zizonciphisa amabanga aphakeme ngamayadi ayi-14-15 ngokwesilinganiso kubashayi abade kunabo bonke abanesivinini esiphezulu se-clubhead, kusho isitatimende.
“Amabanga okushaya amabanga aphezulu kulo mdlalo alokhu anda njalo eminyakeni engu-20, 40, no-60 edlule. Sekuphele amashumi amabili eminyaka sagcina ukubheka izindinganiso zethu zokuhlola amabanga ebhola,” kusho uMike Whan, oyi-CEO ye-USGA.
“Ukwenyuka okubikezelwayo, okuqhubekayo kuzoba yinkinga enkulu esizukulwaneni esilandelayo uma kungalungiswa ngokushesha. Sithatha izinyathelo ezilandelayo kule nqubo, siholwa kuqala ngokwenza okufanele ngawo wonke umdlalo.”
Izinyathelo ezintsha – ezibizwa ngokuthi “Imodeli Yendawo Yomthetho” (MLR) – zizosebenza kuphela emiqhudelwaneni ye-elite, negalofu lokuzilibazisa elingathinteki.
U-Whan kanye nozakwabo oyi-CEO ye-R&A uMartin Slumbers bathe i-MLR izosetshenziswa emicimbini yemizimba yabo, okuhlanganisa nama-majors e-US Open and Open Championship.
“Okuyinhloko yesiphakamiso sethu isifiso sokunciphisa umthelela emdlalweni wokungcebeleka ochumayo,” kwengeza u-Slumbers.
“Sikholelwa ukuthi uMthetho Wendawo oyimodeli ohlongozwayo uzosisiza ukuthi siqhubekele phambili ngendlela evikela izimfanelo ezingokwemvelo zemidlalo futhi inciphise ingcindezi yokwandisa izifundo.
“Lolu wudaba olubalulekile lwegalofu futhi okufanele kubhekwane nalo uma umdlalo uzogcina inselelo yawo eyingqayizivele kanye nesihehe.”
I-PGA Tour ithe ngoLwesibili izosebenzisana ne-USGA kanye ne-R&A, kanye nokwenza ukuhlaziya kwayo okuzimele, “ukuhlola nokunikeza impendulo” ngeziphakamiso.
“I-Tour isazibophezele ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi noma yiziphi izixazululo zesikhathi esizayo ezihlonziwe zizuzisa umdlalo uwonke, ngaphandle kokuba nomthelela omubi ku-Tour, abadlali bayo noma ukujabulela kwabalandeli bethu ezemidlalo,” kwengeza isitatimende.
Inhloko ye-Acushnet, inkampani ekhiqiza amabhola egalofu e-Titleist, igxeke izinhlelo zokushayela umngcele phakathi komdlalo wochwepheshe nowokuzilibazisa.
“Isiphakamiso sokuhlukaniswa kwebhola legalofu ngezindlela eziningi siyisixazululo sokufuna inkinga,” kusho uMongameli we-Acushnet kanye ne-CEO uDavid Maher esitatimendeni. isitatimende ekhishwe yinkampani ngoLwesibili.
“Ukudlala ngesethi yemithetho ebumbene kuyingxenye ebalulekile yokuheha komdlalo, kunomthelela ekuqondeni kwawo umhlaba wonke nokukhanga kwawo, futhi kuqeda ukungqubuzana nokungazinzi okungavela kumasethi amaningi ezindinganiso zemishini.”
UThomas, oyinxusa lomkhiqizo we-Titleist, uhambe emazwini kaMaher.
“Kumdlali wegalofu oyimfundamakhwela wansuku zonke, kuhluke kakhulu ukuthi siyakwazi ukudlala isisetshenziswa esifanayo ncamashi … ungaya esitolo sochwepheshe uthenge ibhola legalofu elifanayo nengilidlalayo noma alidlalayo uScottie Scheffler,” esho.
“Kepha i-USGA ifuna ukukufikisa lapho kungenjalo. Bafuna ukuthi, ‘Kulungile, ochwepheshe badlala ngale ndlela futhi nabadlali abangafundile badlala ngale ndlela’ … Angiqondi ukuthi kungcono kanjani lokho kumdlalo wegalofu.
“Uma ukwazi ukushwiba amamayela angu-127 ngehora, amandla akuwe,” kwengeza uThomas kamuva. “Ngiqonde ukuthi, abantu bagijima ngokushesha, ngakho-ke, bazokwenza ubude bemayela ubude ukuze isikhathi semayela esisheshayo singashintshi, noma bazobeka i-NBA hoop ezinyaweni ezingu-13 ngoba abantu ungagxuma phezulu manje?
“Njengoba, cha. Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo. Singabadlali manje. Siziqeqeshela ukushaya ibhola ngokuqhubekayo futhi ngokushesha futhi uma ukwazi ukukwenza, kuhle kuwe. Ngakho-ke, njengoba ungase usho, ngimelene nakho ngokusobala.”
UBurns uvumelane nozakwabo waseMelika, ebuza ukuthi abalandeli bazofuna yini ukubuka abadlali beshaya amabanga amafushane.
“Bayakujabulela ukubuka abafana bephuma beyoshaya amayadi angu-350, angiboni ukuthi inkinga ikuphi ngalokho,” kusho uBurns.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi yikhono lelo futhi angivumelani nokuzama ukulisusa.”
Akubona bonke abadlali begalofu abaye bagxeka iziphakamiso ezintsha.
UPádraig Harrington, obezongeniswa ehholo lodumo legalofu ngo-2024, ukholelwa ukuthi ukwehlisa amabanga okundiza kuzoholela ezinzuzweni eziningi.
“Baningi abawinile ekubuyiseleni emuva ibhola,” umdlali wegalofu wase-Ireland oneminyaka engu-51 ubudala etshela iSiriusXM PGA Tour Radio ngoLwesibili.
“Izindleko zokwakha inkundla yegalofu, izindleko zokunakekela inkundla yegalofu, ijubane lokudlala lizothuthukiswa ngendlela emangalisayo ngokunciphisa ibanga, ngokunciphisa ubukhulu benkundla yegalofu kanye nokunciphisa isikhathi sokulinda ngokulingana. -amahlanu kanye nesine.
“Izinkundla zegalofu ezindala zibuyela ekudlaleni, izinkundla ezinkulu zegalofu zibuyela ekudlaleni. Ngokwemvelo, ukunciphisa umkhondo – izizathu eziningi. ”
Njengomdlali wegalofu okleliswe endaweni yama-336 kumdlalo wabesilisa, igama likaBrandon Matthews kungenzeka lingathwali isithunzi esifanayo nesikaHarrington’s ongumpetha omkhulu amahlandla amathathu, kodwa owaseMelika ubephakathi kwabashayi abakhulu ku-PGA Tour kule sizini.
Isilinganiso sobude bokushayela kwendoda eneminyaka engu-28 ubudala engamayadi angu-320.4 simbeka endaweni yesibili ku-Rory McIlroy ngo-2023, kuyilapho ehola i-Tour ngesivinini sekhanda lekilabhu, isivinini sebhola, nesikhathi sokulenga.
Noma kunjalo, uMatthews ukholelwa ukuthi iziphakamiso zokunciphisa amabanga endiza “sekuyisikhathi eside ziyeza.”
“Ngicabanga ukuthi kuzodala umcabango othe xaxa kanye nobuciko obengeziwe obekade bukhona emdlalweni esikhundleni sokuwushaya kude,” kusho uMatthews. Isiteshi segalofu ngolwesibili.
“Angazi ukuthi bazohamba ibanga elingakanani nalokhu, kodwa kuzoba wushintsho olujabulisayo futhi ngicabanga ukuthi luzokwenza umdlalo ube ngcono kancane,” engeza.
