We’ve all heard the predictions of how the world might look as it creeps back toward some form of revised normality.
“Good riddance to 2020” will, suffice to say, be one sentiment but there will be unintended consequences, some of them perhaps worthwhile.
Golf will, as will every enterprise, be forced to question its direction and its future.
Professionally, the PGA Tour is going to be just fine. They have the prizemoney, the post-career pension scheme (appearance money by another name, paid after 55) and easy travel to attract the best players. The home players can compete without ever owning a passport.
The European Tour, essentially a world tour without the prescience quite yet to change its name, faces a more precarious future.
Its stars including Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson,…