Marc Warren reckons the Golf Sixes can be a real chart topper in the golfing hit parade after a successful first outing of the format at the Centurion club.

Glasgow ace Warren, and his fellow Scot, Richie Ramsay reached the semi-finals of the new short-form team tussle yesterday but saw their title tilt ended in the last four with a narrow 2-1 loss to Aussie duo Sam Brazel and Scott Hend.

The two-day event, featuring teams from 16 nations, was the Tour’s attempt to develop a rapid-fire occasion similar to cricket’s T20 and the players certainly bought into the idea.

While there was plenty of trial and error, Warren certainly enjoyed the concept and the three-time Tour champion believes it can become a regular feature on the circuit.

Warren said: “It’s been brilliant. Everyone has got involved and got into the spirit. That helps to bring out the best in us. Some of the golf has been really good and hopefully we have managed to put on a show.

“It's a compact golf course, only six holes and hopefully for the spectators, they get a little bit more involved and it’s exciting to watch.

It’s instant results and that’s the whole point. That’s what we want. Making it longer than six holes would take it back into normal golf territory and that’s not the point. I’m very happy with six holes. Hopefully, we can take this first concept and refine it so it becomes really, really attractive for folk coming in.”

Having eased through the group stages on Saturday, Warren and Ramsay continued to bound along at a sprightly pace in with a purposeful 3-0 win over Portugal in the quarter-finals. From the second to the fourth, the Scots conjured a telling thrust and went birdie, eagle, birdie to surge into a unbeatable advantage.

The profitable gains dried up in the last four, however, and they failed to muster a single birdie over the half-a-dozen holes against the Aussies despite Ramsay having good opportunities from 10-feet at both the third and fourth.

The Scots managed to grab third place overall with a nearest-the-pin decider with Italy. In the final, meanwhile, Denmark, who won golf’s World Cup last year, overcame the Australians by a 3-1 scoreline.