Welcome to SI Golf’s Bad Takes Week: Defending Our Bold, Groundbreaking (and Possibly Harebrained) Ideas for Golf

Our writers have bold ideas for the sport that they’d like to see happen, even if they’re unlikely to ever occur. You’re welcome to agree or disagree, as long as you read them all.

Ever have meetings at your workplace where people throw out outlandish ideas that would be amazing if they came true? 

We do that sometimes, thinking of ways our favorite sport could be better. And this week we’re ready to share our big, bold and possibly harebrained ideas.

Welcome to SI Golf’s inaugural Bad Takes Week.

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Our friends on the NFL side have done this exercise a few times, with one Bad Take actually coming to fruition. Might one of ours someday?

Every day, we’ll roll out a new column from a member of our team. The topics run the gamut from aggressive changes that would affect recreational golfers and new rules for the pro game, to an eye-popping move at Augusta National that would alter the future of the Masters. The fun is in defending the ideas, against all odds, and we hope you’ll enjoy the exercise.

SI Golf’s Bad Takes Week

Jeff Ritter: Augusta National Should Swap Its 9th and 18th Holes and Get Creative to Transport Players to Far-Flung Tees

Bob Harig: Fall PGA Tour Golf Isn't Going Away, But It Should Be 54 Holes and No Weekends

John Hawkins: It's Time to Get Serious About Putting PGA Tour Players on the Clock

Gabby Herzig: Music Does Not Belong on Golf Courses

Alex Miceli: Professionals Should Be Allowed to Make Small Bets on Golf

John Schwarb: It's Time for the PGA Tour to Ban Bunker Rakes

What do you think of our Bad Takes? Got one of your own? Email your feedback here (include name and hometown) and we’ll publish the best next week.