Aggregate playoffs

[BruceMGF]

Does anyone prefer them to sudden-death or 18-hole playoffs?

For some reason, every one I've watched has just bored me, even if it did come down to the last shot.

[JWL1957]

I like them because one golfer might hit some fluke shot in sudden death and win the tourney. Kinda like Hale Irwin at Pebble Beach hitting the rocks and bouncing back onto the golf course enabling him to birdie the final hole. It didnt happen in the playoff....... but you get my drift.

[TheGeekGolfer]

I like 3 or 4 hole playoffs. Really shows who the best player is, not just a lucky shot.

Like Sergio winning at the Players, due to a fluke gust of wind that put Goydo's shot in the water. Even if they want to keep the sudden death playoff at the Players, please don't do it on the 17th, it's a screwy hole anyway, should NOT decide the championship like that.

[TN94z]

I like the multiple hole playoffs as well. Too many things can happen on one hole.

[Zeph]

3-4 hole playoffs are my favourite, not sudden death. They all get a chance to make a mistake, and we get to see some extra golf. Like in football (soccer to you americans), where they stopped using Golden Goal, where the first goal won in the extra time. Now they play 15x2 no matter how many goals they score.

[PooN]

I hate sudden death. I can understand utilizing sudden death after the aggregate, but sudden death can leave a sour taste in your mouth. (Especially NFL games)

[Clambake]

I'll bet that today Bubba Watson is one who would be arguing in favor of sudden death.

I'm kind of torn both ways. I like the thrill that sudden death brings, but I think a several-hole playoff is a more fair test.

[clubchamp]

I'll bet that today Bubba Watson is one who would be arguing in favor of sudden death.

I don't think Bubba cares one way or the other based on his statements after the playoff. He said it best "I play to win" I love players with that kind of attitude.

[Clambake]

I agree - love that attitude! My point was that since he would have won a sudden death he was probably wishing deep down that this tourney was like most of the rest, as he'd be a Major winner today if it was.

[BruceMGF]

3-4 hole playoffs are my favourite, not sudden death. They all get a chance to make a mistake, and we get to see some extra golf. Like in football (soccer to you americans), where they stopped using Golden Goal, where the first goal won in the extra time. Now they play 15x2 no matter how many goals they score.

As I recall, the golden goal era was a brief interlude and the 15x2 method is a return to the old way of doing things.

My preference in golf: 18-hole playoffs for majors, sudden-death for regular tour events.