Does anyone here ever play the “foursomes”(alternate shot) format?

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At my club, we do it for our playoffs for tournaments.

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I’ve done it for member member shootout, but I don’t think I’ve ever played it on like a weekday.

Is it just not part of US golf culture?

I don’t think I could talk anyone in to even trying it on a random Tuesday.

Our member member is 9 hole scramble, 9 alt shot, 9 four ball day 1 then 18 four ball day 2. Only day 2 is handicapped. This is Hattiesburg CC.

We have one tournament every year where we play a modified alternate shot. I forgot what the name of it is but both players tee off. You then pick the best shot and the player that did not hit that drive hits the second shot and with that one ball alternate the rest of the hole.

My daughter plays on 3 different Junior Tours. One of them has 3 alternate shot events a year. She and her partner are 2-0 with the third coming in November.

We have done it in our member member before.

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If I had to guess, and this isn't based on any science or stats, I'd say American style golf leads to ineffective 4 somes. Distance at all costs leaving your partner in a bad situation or one that doesn't fit him. Or, I could be completely wrong.

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The Europeans play on the same tour as the Americans. The days of clashing styles are over. They won in foursomes because they putted way better and because their captain played all the correct matchups from a data standpoint to give them every edge they could find.

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Why did Keegan double down on ignoring analytics?

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When everything simmers down in a few weeks, I'd really like to get to the bottom of the whole odds and evens with Scheffler and Henley. Scottie made a comment that he and Ted ran it up the flag pole to Keegan that he and Henley should swap their tees from Friday to Saturday because he felt like they were at a disadvantage with distance on too many holes. That should have been obvious months ago. It shouldn't take a player and caddie to point out something that the analytics team should have known essentially when they were hired.

Did it in our am tour ryder cup this past weekend. Been playing golf since I was 13 and this was the first time I'd ever done it. Was extremely fun.

It was a lot of fun and hope to do it again next year. But pretty sure outside of our event and practicing for it, I wouldn't play it on a regular day out at the course. Especially if you don't get to play as often as you want, like you say, you're playing half the amount of golf.