Foursome match - advice please

A wee tip to save friction.

Each partner must always carry their putter onto the green even if the remaining putt is 'easy'

If missed, every step the other player makes to get his putter from the bag and back, is a nail in the putting confidence.

I once watched Brian Barnes and Bernard Gallagher play this format at Muirfield, well I didn't really, I tried to watch them. The tee shots landed at the partners feet 250 yards down the fairway, the shots were then played to the green, fairly close to the flag, so the tee shot players marched the 400 yards to the green, putted and either sank the shots or it was a gimmie - meanwhile the other two were on the tee waiting to tee off.

You would have needed running shoes to see all the shots, the fastest round I have ever seen played.

Now they huddle over every shot, 2 players and two caddies deciding the next move but I bet they do not hit any better scores than the game I watched back then.