Pool Tournament Similar to Golf?

I kinda like the idea, but at the same time, eliminate all the safety play. I mean why would you play safe in hope to get back to the table if no one is gonna shot the safe?

It would be a different kind of tournament, one where the most offensive players win.
 
that's what I say, it eliminates safety play, which is bad in my opinion, since I consider safety play being part of a great player!

But as I said, I like the idea, that way, you don't get an easier/harder draw from someone else.

At the sametime, most sports that do draws, like Tennis, you sometime get luckier than other or vise-versa..
 
I've had a similar idea to format a tournament where the players are playing against the field. But in my scenario they play a game like Fargo or Bowlliards where each player gets a rack and there are a certain number of points available per rack. Two players to a table where they trade the table after each rack, which would be like a frame in bowling. If it was streamed with multiple or portable cameras, as the event progressed they could go back and forth focusing on the players at the top of the leaderboard. Similarly players at the top can be moved to tables where they would be together just about any time after a rack. Either way you would get to see most or all the play of the leaders on the stream. If you wanted, there could be a cut after a certain number of racks. Within a frame or two you could look at the leaderboard and know where everyone stands in relation to each other. Or say after 10 frames players are reassigned to different pairings. After each of these sessions you would know everyone's scores.
 
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Sounds like a fun idea.

To make it a little more similar than golf, there should be a "tee box" where the cue ball has to start in for the first shot of each layout. They can vary their exact cue ball position within the box. That way, the playing field is a bit more even, as ball-in-hand can give a ton of different options.

When playing pool in a golf format, it also opens up tons of avenues for money matches. Team Best-Ball, Nassaus, Skins, etc... are all fun money match formats on the golf course. Working something like that into pool could make it fun for non-tournament play, as well.


Cheers,

Mike
 
nfuids said:
that's what I say, it eliminates safety play, which is bad in my opinion, since I consider safety play being part of a great player!

But as I said, I like the idea, that way, you don't get an easier/harder draw from someone else.

At the sametime, most sports that do draws, like Tennis, you sometime get luckier than other or vise-versa..
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Even golf has luck.
Lucky rolls and bounces.
Even when you start can make a big difference do to weather and green conditions.
 
It's a fun idea that should work at promotional events etc. :thumbup:
Don't think the pro's would go for it tho...
 
Similar idea and event I've played in where players "made the cut" was a BOWLLIARDS tournament. Scratch play. No handicapping. Buy in. Round 1: two players per table, alternate frames. Scores posted and the top 50% advance to Round 2. Buy in again. Same format. Basically until the winner is left standing. No safety play. Just YOU against the table. Paid the top 3-5 guys depending on entrants.


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DTL said:
In golf tournaments every player plays the same holes and same hole placements on every round. It's every player vs the course, no opponent preventing them from scoring or playing defense against them. After 2 rounds a cut line is established. Those who make the cut get to play on and are in the money.

In pool OTH, most tournaments are double elimination format. A pre-tournament draw is done and brackets are made which dictate who they will play against. Some big tournaments seed ranked players.

A good pro player can shoot .900+ in their first match, go hill-hill and still loose. And now they have to play against a tournament favorite in the losers bracket because that player was upset by a local shortstop in their previous match. Now one pro is going home empty handed........2 & out!

What if pool tournaments where sort of like golf in that the first 2 days where qualifying rounds with every player playing solo against 18 different table layouts.

You'd have 18 different tables set up, each with a different 9 Ball or 10 Ball layout........tiny marks (x) on the table cloth (like snooker) will be made for easy/fast re-sets. The layouts would vary in difficulty from somewhat easy (say Par 2) to very difficult (say Par 4 or Par 5). Every player will start each layout with BIH and attempt the run out.

Clear the table on the first attempt would be -1 on a Par2, -2 on a Par 3, etc. Run out on the 3rd try of a Par 3 would be a 0 (even). The layouts for Par 4's and 5's would require a very high level of skill, CB control, etc. Some perhaps could involve a 2 ball cluster that has to be broke out during the run or multiple balls on the rails. Say a maximum of +3 on each table layout. Layouts for day 1 will be different for day 2. Copies of the layouts will be available 1 day prior to the tournament online for each player to study.

You could split the field in half, having two rounds (morning/evening) with a meal break in between..........flip flop each half on days 1 & 2. Stagger start times about every other table for each player so that eventually all tables are going at the same time. All balls cleaned in a ball cleaner prior to each round, a player can request one CB cleaning for each table layout.

After the 2 qualifying rounds a cut score is made.......say top 32. Those players are in the money and go on to play a single elimination tournament o n days 3 and 4 with bracket seeding based on qualifying scores.
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So what if a shortstop beats a pro? If the plan is to introduce a new format that's cool but if this is another luck sux infomercial please stop.
 
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