loki the trickster
Birdie Member
There is no sandbagging in AM1, that's just terminology people use to perpetuate the culture of trying to move people up. Your estimate of 10-15% in the pro field that aren't really competing is far too low. Take the recent Nashville open, the first tournament i looked at to illustrate this point, http://www.pdga.com/tour/event/30800. Every player sub-973 fails to cash and even those in the 970s have to shoot well above their ratings to finish in the back of cash. The top few guys get everyone's money, plus the added cash that the club put in, and the sport is somehow better for this?
Don't misunderstand me, if people want to play pro who are rarely going to compete, it doesn't bother me one bit. But i would like to see a shift in the culture such that some of those guys on the lower end of pro would feel ok playing am if they want to.
Dont get me wrong i do understand what your saying. And i do agree with a more competitive am1 and forcing the lower half to am2 where they will also be more competitive. The problem is the pdga does not have anything concrete regarding Division versus rating. If there was something more concrete like something along the line of bump spots both up and down in place.