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A fabulous Test match. Another remarkable feat from the tennis legend who must be a serious contender for the greatest sportsman of all. A nail-biter in Cardiff that ended with a landmark victory for Welsh football.
In short, another magnificent weekend of sport. What’s golf got to offer? Something starting in St Albans on Thursday so vulgar it’s embarrassing to mention it in the same breath. Talk about a sport digging its own grave.
Greg Norman, face of the Saudi golf revolution, simply added to the distaste with his gaudy revelations on Monday night about Tiger Woods being offered hundreds of millions to join, and attacking Rory McIlroy and Jack Nicklaus simply for sticking with the status quo. Heaven forbid there should be men who can’t be bought.
Greg Norman, face of the Saudi golf revolution, simply added to the distaste of the event
To think, they tried to charge people £67 for each of the three days of the inaugural LIV Golf event at the Centurion Club this week until they realised no one was buying — and started offloading the tickets for free.
With a shotgun start each day, good luck to those who turn up in picking the hole where the winner will finish. Sure, 72-hole tournaments can be boring, but at least you know it will end on the 18th.
When the Saudis decided to pump £1.7billion into golf they envisaged a circuit featuring the top 48 players. For their opener, they’ve got four. They’ve also got Phachara Khongwatmai, Blake Windred, and Jediah Morgan.
Shotgun start at the Centurion Club means spectators are not guaranteed to see the winner
At the DP World Tour, there is an acute sense of disappointment at the short-sightedness of their troupe of members, led by Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia, who have signed up.
The rebels talk of exercising their right as independent contractors but they’re the opposite. They’re pawns being moved around the board by people with limitless wealth, who remain steadfast in their belief that everyone has their price.
It’s already bringing out the worst in golfers. What mush will Phil Mickelson come out with on Tuesday, at the end of his four-month exile of shame?
