In the past month, I've played 3 rounds of golf, none of them at my home club. I'm finding it increasingly difficult to squeeze in 18 hole rounds now that it gets dark around 5pm. Yet another golfless weekend goes by ...

I read a suggestion somewhere of having 9 hole competitions on weekends. Not the weekday 9 hole chook runs most clubs run in summer. I mean a proper 9 hole comp on either Sat or Sun. Say early morning before the major (18 hole) comp starts or perhaps in the arvo after the last group has teed off. It sounds like a great idea to me and I could certainly squeeze in 9 holes every weekend.

What do you guys think? Good idea? Or crap idea? I might mention it to the general manager at my home club. See what he thinks.