Turn Kapalua into Match Play

An idea I’ve been thinking about that I think could save Kapalua as a PGA Tour host, turn the Sentry into a match play event.

If the tour isn’t willing to turn the Tour Championship into a match play event then Kapalua to start the season is the perfect opportunity.

You can easily seed the players based on the prior years FedEx Cup Standings. The reason tv allegedly doesn’t like match play is that there’s a potential for a weak Sunday final match, but here you are turning it into an advantage. You are taking the opportunity to have multiple amazing golf matches happening in prime time simultaneously on weekdays. Kapalua Sunday is always competing with football anyway and with only one match to worry about it’s easier to find a time slot that minimizes the direct competition. Finally, if there is an element that people don’t like about Kapalua is that scores are so low but by making it match play you can eliminate that talking point and I think Kapalua could be a perfect match play course.

I’m sure the Tour won’t go in this direction but am I missing something or would this idea work?