Times are changing
Its only 6 weeks to the first Major of the year and a completely different look to the golfing calendar. April The Masters, May The PGA, June The US Open, July The Open and then the whole month of August taken up with the Fed EX cup playoffs and the Tour Championship. TV has taken over here as Corporate and Sports USA want the golf out of the way before the Football season kicks off. It will be interesting to see how this affects the fall series of the PGA tour as Europe will no doubt kick into this void with the added money available in the race to Dubai. There could be a few defectors coming the other way across the pond. But getting back to the start of this, all four majors will be over in only 3 months, they will be gone before we even realise they are there. This will have a real effect on many of the players pushing for these honours. It will also have a big effect on how we watch golf and look forward to it. It is interesting times indeed and yet another example of money having no respect for traditions. Sad in a way, but I’m sure we will get used to it.
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