Five of the biggest disappointments and Five positives from “The Match”

3. It was dark by the finish and the final playoff hole

It was definitely a spectacular finish that went down to the wire, but the match lasted so long that they had to finish in the dark. They even had to bring in flood lights to brighten up the last make shift par 3 that they set up.

Golfing in twilight with shadows is difficult enough, but putting and chipping in the dark definitely makes every shot harder. That could give them an excuse as to why they could not get putts to sink on the final couple of playoff holes.

They teed off around 12 PM pacific standard time and this could have easily been avoided if they would have just started the match a couple of hours earlier instead. PGA tour events normally tee off in the morning and considering they were the only two golfers playing that day it could have been planned out a little bit better.

They might have not anticipated the extra holes of golf that undoubtedly added an extra 45 minutes on to the match run time. They could have had the foresight to see the match exceeding a normal rounds time because of the extra challenges and banter that took place.

Perhaps we could have seen a better finish if they finished with daylight to spare and were playing under normal conditions. However the darkness did add another element of difficulty that made things a little more interesting. If you are forced to have to make a putt for $9 million, I would want to at least be able to see.