Welcome to Attack

Golf's Fast, Exciting New Format

A round of golf typically takes between four and five hours. Add in travel time and something to eat and drink at the 19th and the day’s gone. No wonder so many people have either given up the game or now only play a handful of times a year. Worse still, a lot of people who otherwise would have taken up the game have not done so.

Attack is the new format that takes a round back to its historic norm of three hours. And it does so in a way that’s exciting to play. With points only awarded for sub-par scores (gross for professionals, net for amateurs), and no points for par and no penalty points for any score worse than par, every player has to attack every hole. And when you can no longer make a birdie, you pick your ball up and go on to the next. That’s it.

Rules

    1. Attack is played in accordance with the R&A/USGA Rules of Golf.
    2. Play is off handicap with full allowance.
    3. Scoring under the Attack format is as follows:
      Net Birdie - 10 points
      Net Eagle - 20 points
      Net Albatross - 30 points
      No points are awarded for par and there are no penalty points for any score worse than par.
    4. All players, irrespective of handicap, will receive one Bisque (an additional shot) per nine holes.
    5. A player must nominate the hole(s) on which they will use their Bisque(s) prior to commencing the hole(s).
    6. Once a player cannot score a net birdie, they must pick up their ball and move to the next hole. Failure to do so will mean that a player will be unable to score on the hole following a breach of this rule.
    7. In Attack competitions, the highest points total wins.
    8. Ties will be determined by which team or individual scores the highest points total over the final six holes. If the scores are still tied, this process will be repeated for the final three holes, the final two holes and final hole.
“Great for golf, great for a sponsor, great for TV.”

Ken Schofield CBE

Executive Director, European PGA Tour, 1975-2004

“Attack belongs in the game.”

Peter Dawson OBE

Chief Executive, R&A, 1999-2015