It’s the tournament, as the press release excitedly shrieked, that is set to “revolutionise golf”. Either that, or it will lead to folk choking on their own brains trying to fathom it out.

The World Super 6 Perth, which sounds like some golfing bonanza involving half a dozen Big County parishes from Killiecrankie to Muthill, is part of the on-going crusade to make the game faster, funkier and, er, funner.

In the eyes of many, this Royal & Ancient pursuit is as action-packed as the painting of The Hay Wain so, for the 2017 campaign, the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia have come up with an elaborate, mish-mash of a contest at Lake Karrinyup in Perth, Australia which, on the face of it, resembles the kind of absurdity Heath Robinson would devise if asked to cobble together a golf tournament.

Now, concentrate because there is a quite a bit to take in here. The event will combine 54-holes of strokeplay over the first three rounds before a shortened, gung-ho matchplay format is adopted for the last day. A regular cut will fall after 36-holes before the field is then further reduced to the top 24 after 54-holes. The remaining players will then progress into the six-hole part of this Super 6.

Are you still following? Good, because there’s more. Any matches that are tied after six holes will be decided by a shoot-out over a specially constructed, 90-metre Knock-out Hole. If there is still not a winner after one attempt at the Knock-out Hole, then the victor will be decided by a nearest the pin contest, which almost brings the whole thing down to the level of a company outing; you know, those golf days where Ronnie from Human Resources wins a cashmere knit and a sleeve of Pro-V1s for fluking a 7-iron into two-feet at the par-3.

Keith Pelley, the chief executive of the European Tour, has made no secret of his desire to make golf more innovative and he has found the ideal vehicle for his bells and whistles vision. It’s all about spectacle, reaching out to fresh audiences and encouraging new sponsors and you certainly can’t knock the Canadian’s unbridled enthusiasm for transforming the way golf is packaged up and presented in these rapid-fire times when competition to engage on a variety of viewing platforms has never been greater.

“This initiative was something that we spoke about at great length to our Tournament Committee,” said Pelley. “We are thrilled to participate in this because, at the European Tour, we believe that golf needs to look at new and innovative formats.”

The traditionalists, of course, will snort at a perceived ‘dumbing down’ of golf and in a world where consumers demand easily digestible sporting fare and instant gratification, the game continues to sit somewhat uneasily in this increasingly clamorous society. Tour golf, after all, essentially takes the same thing to every corner of the globe on a weekly basis and expects it to be acclaimed by the masses.

“Cricket has Twenty20, Netball has Fast5, Rugby Union has Rugby7’s and now golf has the World Super 6 Perth,” said Brian Thorburn, the chief executive of the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Of course, with any kind of innovation, it is important to remain true to the sport. The biggest strength of golf, after all, is the game itself. Pelley has got the shortened format that he craved on the Tour’s schedule. Whether it’s a gimmick or a goer remains to be seen.