I had to do a bit of a doubletake when I was commissioned to write this particular article, for my initial thoughts were that surely every true golfer would come up with the same answer – a resounding ‘no’. But there are arguments and reasons on the other side that are worth exploring and addressing, too, so here goes…
Medal play has always been about getting it round in the fewest number of strokes, warts and all, and obviously the only true way of doing that is to complete every hole. How else would you decide a winner? The only remotely conceivable alternative would be to cap the maximum score on each hole. Once you reach that number, you stop counting (and playing) on that hole and just write that score down.
