Saturday, October 29, 2016

Golf needs to grow globally, so move one of the majors out of the US

Golf is now a worldwide sport. We live in a world where we fly over countries and we can always see a golf course. It is not just Americans and Europeans who play now: it is Koreans, Australians, South Africans, and many more.

The USPGA Championship is the quite clearly the least popular major, maybe because it is the final one of the season and the excitement has already been drained from the golf fans. This championship has infamously produced the least notable winners and has normally had a quite boring final day. This in my eyes, is where we should make this major more interesting and move it global.

Since when has the United States deserved three majors? Scotland founded the sport yet they still only have one major - the oldest one. In tennis, all of the major championships are in different countries. Even in women's golf, there are two majors that are held in Europe.

Where is the ideal location for a major championship to be present you may wonder? Australia.

Australia has produced some of the great golfers such as Greg Norman, Adam Scott, and World Number 1, Jason Day, just to name a few. It is a country that love their golf and a country that the PGA Tour have not appreciated over the years, in terms of pushing their players to play there.

It will make the golf season more interesting for the fans and the players. Golf will grow in Australia and on the pacific side much more and therefore, the world.

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