SO TODAY WE GOT A LITTLE CLOSER TO LEARNING WHAT THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE PLANS WITH ALAN SHIPNUCK REVEALING THAT IT PLANS A LAUNCH IN THE WEEK OF THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, AND IT TONIGHT SEEMS LIKE THE FIRST EVENT WILL BE IN JUNE OF 2022.
BUT WHO WILL PLAY, HOW MANY TIMES, WHERE, WHEN AND WHAT FOR?
WE KNOW THAT IT IS RUMOURED THERE WILL BE 14 EVENTS, WHICH YOU WOULD ASSUME WOULD BE ADDED TO BY THE 4 MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS TO CONCLUDE A SERIOUS 18-TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE.
THE 14 EVENTS ARE SAID TO BE 10 IN THE UNITED STATES AND 4 ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THE PURSES ARE RUMOURED TO BE IN THE RANGE OF THE $20MILLION ON OFFER AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, IN ADDITION TO THE INCENTIVES GIVEN OUT TO THOSE WHO SIGN UP TO PLAY IN THE LEAGUE.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FIELD FOR THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE IN MORE DETAIL
IT IS SAID THAT 20 PLAYERS HAVE SIGNED UP, BUT THE FIELDS ARE SET TO BE 40 PLAYERS, SO WHO ARE THE 20 AND WHO ELSE WOULD BE ADDED?
ADAM SCOTT HAS OPENLY SAID HE IS TALKING TO GREG NORMAN AND LIV GOLF INVESTMENTS, BUT CANNOT COMMENT FURTHER, ASIDE FROM SAYING HE LIKES THE SCHEDULE AND THE CONCEPT. SCOTT IS THE FIRST AND ONLY AUSTRALIAN TO WIN THE MASTERS, AND AS SUCH IS GUARANTEED A PLACE IN THE TOURNAMENT FOR THE REST OF HIS DAYS, SO DOESN'T HAVE OMISSION FROM THE MASTERS TO CONSIDER, IF SUCH A PUNISHMENT WERE TO BE HANDED OUT TO SUPPOSED REBELS.
THE 41-YEAR-OLD BORN IN ADELAIDE HAS WON ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT FOR THE LAST DECADE HAS PLAYED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON THE PGA TOUR, THIS SCHEDULE IS UNDOUBTEDLY APPEALING TO HIM BECAUSE OF THE 10 EVENTS IN THE USA, WITH 4 ELSEWHERE. HE PLAYED THE ABU DHABI HSBC CHAMPIONSHIP AND DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC ON THE DP WORLD TOUR LAST MONTH, AND THEN COMPETED IN THE SAUDI INTERNATIONAL.
IT HAS BEEN STRONGLY SUGGESTED BRYSON DECHAMBEAU WILL BE THE FLAGSHIP NAME OF THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, AND IT WOULDN'T SHOCK ME IF THAT WAS TRUE. BRYSON DOES THINGS IN A UNIQUE MANNER TO EVERY OTHER GOLFER OF HIS GENERATION, AND HAS NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO BE HIMSELF AND DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. HE HAS ALSO PLAYED GLOBALLY WITH A WIN IN THE DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC, AND THIS SCHEDULE, ALONG WITH THE INCENTIVES HE HAS RUMOURED TO HAVE BEEN OFFERED, MAY CONVINCE HIM TO JOIN. HIS WIN IN THE US OPEN GIVES HIM AN EXEMPTION TO ALL MAJORS UNTIL 2025.
FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE DUSTIN JOHNSON ALSO HAS WON THE MASTERS AND US OPEN, AND AS SUCH IS EXEMPT TO BOTH UNTIL THE AGE OF 65 AND TO ALL MAJORS UNTIL 2025. HE HAS BEEN RUMOURED TO BE OFFERED A VAST SUM TO JOIN, BUT ALSO BEING A 2-TIME SAUDI INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION HAS SPOKEN WARMLY OF THE CONCEPT.
LEE WESTWOOD HAS REVEALED HE SIGNED A NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT, AND WITH HIS GLOBAL CV AND HIS BEST MAJOR DAYS BEHIND HIM IT WOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE TO ANYONE IF HE JOINED THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE. HIS RYDER CUP COLLEAGUES HENRIK STENSON, PAUL CASEY AND IAN POULTER ARE ALL IN THEIR 40'S BUT ALL STILL COMMAND RESPECT FOR THEIR ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENTS, AND WITH THEIR GLOBAL CVS, HAVING PLAYED EVERYWHERE, I CAN SEE THEM JOINING THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE.
2-TIME MASTERS CHAMPION BUBBA WATSON CAME CLOSE TO WINNING THE SAUDI INTERNATIONAL, AND HAS ALSO PLAYED GLOBALLY AND 4 YEARS ON FROM HIS MOST RECENT WIN I COULD SEE HIM FORGOING PGA TOUR MEMBERSHIP AND PLAYING IN THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT MASTERS EXEMPTION. FELLOW AMERICAN JASON KOKRAK HAS PUBLICLY STATED THAT HE IS PLAYING TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS HE CAN, AND HE PLAYED IN THE SAUDI INTERNATIONAL, SO IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME HE IS A PLAYER SIGNED UP BY THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE.
PHIL MICKELSON LAMBASTED THE PGA TOUR WHILST HE WAS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND IT SEEMS CERTAIN THE PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS PLAYER WILL PLAY AT LEAST A FEW SEASONS ON THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, TO END HIS DAYS AT THE TOP OF THE GAME. GOLF DIGEST TODAY REVEALED THAT MICKELSON HIRED LAWYERS TO HELP CONSTRUCT THE "SAUDI GOLF LEAGUE".
REPORTS FROM FOX IN AUSTRALIA SUGGEST CAMERON SMITH, MARC LEISHMAN AND JASON DAY COULD BE LINED UP TO PLAY, WITH THE REPORT RIGHTLY STATING THAT THE SAUDI'S ARE NOT INVESTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CREATE A SUPER SENIOR TOUR. THEY WANT PLAYERS IN THEIR PRIME OR NEAR TO IT, WITH STAR POWER.
POTENTIALLY CHINA'S HAOTONG LI COULD BE TEMPTED TO JOIN THE LEAGUE TO ADD A PROMINENT ASIAN GOLFER TO THE MIX ON A REGULAR BASIS, THE YOUNG STAR HAS HAD AN UP AND DOWN CAREER OVER THE YEARS AND THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE WOULD OFFER HIM STABILITY AND THE CHANCE TO COMPETE AND WIN TITLES.
NEW ZEALAND'S DANNY LEE HAS GONE OFF THE RADAR IN RECENT YEARS, BUT HAS STAR POWER AND HAS WON GLOBALLY, AND I COULD SEE HIM BEING TEMPTED TO REINVIGORATE HIS CAREER ON A NEW PLATFORM.
SOUTH AFRICA'S LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN, CHARL SCHWARTZEL AND BRANDEN GRACE HAVE HAD FANTASTIC CAREERS BUT I COULD SEE THEM FORGOING PGA TOUR MEMBERSHIP AND JOINING THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, ESPECIALLY IF THE LEAGUE HAS A SOUTH AFRICAN EVENT ON ITS SCHEDULE.
2018 MASTERS CHAMPION PATRICK REED HAS PLAYED GLOBALLY, AND HAS NO WORRIES ABOUT PLAYING AT AUGUSTA, SO I COULD SEE HIM JOINING THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, ESPECIALLY IF DUSTIN AND BRYSON ALSO JOIN.
AS FOR THE 20TH PLAYER, WELL ITS ALL SPECULATION REALLY, BASED UPON THE THINGS WE KNOW, AND DON'T KNOW, BUT IT IS CLEAR THE SAUDIS AND GREG NORMAN ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. THEY HAVE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO IT, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THEY HAVE ASSEMBLED A VERY EXPERIENCED AND TALENTED TEAM TOGETHER BEHIND THE SCENES. SO THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE NEEDS A SUPERSTAR, AND I THINK THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL SHOCK A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I COULD SEE XANDER SCHAUFFELE AND SHANE LOWRY JOINING. XANDER WAS MOST OFFENDED WHEN LAST WEEK THE GOLF CHANNEL SUGGESTED HE HADN'T WON ON THE PGA TOUR SINCE 2019, DESPITE WINNING GOLD AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES LAST JULY. HE PLAYS GLOBALLY AND HAS A WORLDWIDE HERITAGE IN HIS FAMILY, BORN IN GERMANY WITH A JAPANESE MOTHER.
SHANE LOWRY WAS OPEN ABOUT PLAYING IN THE SAUDI INTERNATIONAL FOR FINANCIAL GAIN, BUT I ALSO FEEL THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE WOULD GIVE HIM A BETTER PLATFORM TO DISPLAY HIS SKILLS, WITH A SHORTER SCHEDULE.
WHERE WILL THEY PLAY?
BUNKERED YESTERDAY SUGGESTED TURNBERRY COULD BE A SCOTTISH VENUE FOR THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, AND I DO FEEL IT WILL BE COURSES OF THAT STATURE THAT STAGES THESE EVENTS. GREG NORMAN WANTS TO CREATE A PLATFORM UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE IN GOLF, AND STAGING ON ICONIC COURSES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON WOULD CERTAINLY DO THAT.
I CAN ALSO SEE ROYAL MELBOURNE AND SUN CITY BEING KEEN TO BE PART OF THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE. MELBOURNE LOST ITS REGULAR EVENT IN 2016 WHEN THE AUSTRALIAN MASTERS WAS DISCONTINUED, A SUPER GOLF LEAGUE EVENT WITH A SMALL FIELD WOULD FILL THAT VOID PERFECTLY.
THE NEDBANK GOLF CHALLENGE HAS BEEN A DP WORLD TOUR EVENT FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS, AND IS ON THIS SEASON'S SCHEDULE, BUT I COULD SEE ITS ORGANISERS WANTING TO RETURN TO A SMALLER FIELD AND BEING PART OF A NEW PLATFORM.
WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES ON THE ASIAN TOUR, AND THE ELEVATION OF THE SAUDI INTERNATIONAL TO FLAGSHIP EVENT ON THE ASIAN TOUR, I DON'T SEE THE MIDDLE EAST BEING PART OF THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE SCHEDULE FOR NOW. BUT I DO THINK ASIA WILL BE A DESTINATION FOR CERTAIN, WITH JAPAN THE MOST LIKELY NATION TO STAGE THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE.
AS FOR THE 10 EVENTS IN THE USA, I COULD SEE THERE BEING EVENTS IN NEW YORK, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, ILLINOIS, OHIO, NORTH CAROLINA, new jersey, ARIZONA AND PENNSYLVANIA. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE LIKES OF PINE VALLEY, SEMINOLE, CYPRESS POINT AND FIRESTONE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN STAGING THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE.
WHO WILL SHOW IT?
I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY FOX IN THE US WILL BE THE PRIMARY BROADCAST PARTNER, BASED UPON THE PREVIOUS WORLD GOLF TOUR PROPOSAL IN 1994 AND THEIR LOSS OF GOLF AFTER THE 2019 US OPEN. AS FAR AS THE UK GOES IT WON'T BE SKY OR DISCOVERY, BOTH HAVE LONG-TERM DEALS TO SHOW THE PGA TOUR AND DP WORLD TOUR, SO THAT ONLY REALLY LEAVES PREMIER SPORTS RIGHT NOW, OR THEY COULD LAUNCH THEIR OWN OTT SERVICE.
WILL ANY OF THIS COME TO FRUITION?
ONLY TIME WILL TELL, BUT WE ARE MOVING CLOSER TO JUDGEMENT DAY.
BUT WHO WILL PLAY, HOW MANY TIMES, WHERE, WHEN AND WHAT FOR?
WE KNOW THAT IT IS RUMOURED THERE WILL BE 14 EVENTS, WHICH YOU WOULD ASSUME WOULD BE ADDED TO BY THE 4 MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS TO CONCLUDE A SERIOUS 18-TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE.
THE 14 EVENTS ARE SAID TO BE 10 IN THE UNITED STATES AND 4 ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THE PURSES ARE RUMOURED TO BE IN THE RANGE OF THE $20MILLION ON OFFER AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, IN ADDITION TO THE INCENTIVES GIVEN OUT TO THOSE WHO SIGN UP TO PLAY IN THE LEAGUE.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FIELD FOR THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE IN MORE DETAIL
IT IS SAID THAT 20 PLAYERS HAVE SIGNED UP, BUT THE FIELDS ARE SET TO BE 40 PLAYERS, SO WHO ARE THE 20 AND WHO ELSE WOULD BE ADDED?
ADAM SCOTT HAS OPENLY SAID HE IS TALKING TO GREG NORMAN AND LIV GOLF INVESTMENTS, BUT CANNOT COMMENT FURTHER, ASIDE FROM SAYING HE LIKES THE SCHEDULE AND THE CONCEPT. SCOTT IS THE FIRST AND ONLY AUSTRALIAN TO WIN THE MASTERS, AND AS SUCH IS GUARANTEED A PLACE IN THE TOURNAMENT FOR THE REST OF HIS DAYS, SO DOESN'T HAVE OMISSION FROM THE MASTERS TO CONSIDER, IF SUCH A PUNISHMENT WERE TO BE HANDED OUT TO SUPPOSED REBELS.
THE 41-YEAR-OLD BORN IN ADELAIDE HAS WON ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT FOR THE LAST DECADE HAS PLAYED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON THE PGA TOUR, THIS SCHEDULE IS UNDOUBTEDLY APPEALING TO HIM BECAUSE OF THE 10 EVENTS IN THE USA, WITH 4 ELSEWHERE. HE PLAYED THE ABU DHABI HSBC CHAMPIONSHIP AND DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC ON THE DP WORLD TOUR LAST MONTH, AND THEN COMPETED IN THE SAUDI INTERNATIONAL.
IT HAS BEEN STRONGLY SUGGESTED BRYSON DECHAMBEAU WILL BE THE FLAGSHIP NAME OF THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, AND IT WOULDN'T SHOCK ME IF THAT WAS TRUE. BRYSON DOES THINGS IN A UNIQUE MANNER TO EVERY OTHER GOLFER OF HIS GENERATION, AND HAS NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO BE HIMSELF AND DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. HE HAS ALSO PLAYED GLOBALLY WITH A WIN IN THE DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC, AND THIS SCHEDULE, ALONG WITH THE INCENTIVES HE HAS RUMOURED TO HAVE BEEN OFFERED, MAY CONVINCE HIM TO JOIN. HIS WIN IN THE US OPEN GIVES HIM AN EXEMPTION TO ALL MAJORS UNTIL 2025.
FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE DUSTIN JOHNSON ALSO HAS WON THE MASTERS AND US OPEN, AND AS SUCH IS EXEMPT TO BOTH UNTIL THE AGE OF 65 AND TO ALL MAJORS UNTIL 2025. HE HAS BEEN RUMOURED TO BE OFFERED A VAST SUM TO JOIN, BUT ALSO BEING A 2-TIME SAUDI INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION HAS SPOKEN WARMLY OF THE CONCEPT.
LEE WESTWOOD HAS REVEALED HE SIGNED A NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT, AND WITH HIS GLOBAL CV AND HIS BEST MAJOR DAYS BEHIND HIM IT WOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE TO ANYONE IF HE JOINED THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE. HIS RYDER CUP COLLEAGUES HENRIK STENSON, PAUL CASEY AND IAN POULTER ARE ALL IN THEIR 40'S BUT ALL STILL COMMAND RESPECT FOR THEIR ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENTS, AND WITH THEIR GLOBAL CVS, HAVING PLAYED EVERYWHERE, I CAN SEE THEM JOINING THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE.
2-TIME MASTERS CHAMPION BUBBA WATSON CAME CLOSE TO WINNING THE SAUDI INTERNATIONAL, AND HAS ALSO PLAYED GLOBALLY AND 4 YEARS ON FROM HIS MOST RECENT WIN I COULD SEE HIM FORGOING PGA TOUR MEMBERSHIP AND PLAYING IN THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT MASTERS EXEMPTION. FELLOW AMERICAN JASON KOKRAK HAS PUBLICLY STATED THAT HE IS PLAYING TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS HE CAN, AND HE PLAYED IN THE SAUDI INTERNATIONAL, SO IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME HE IS A PLAYER SIGNED UP BY THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE.
PHIL MICKELSON LAMBASTED THE PGA TOUR WHILST HE WAS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND IT SEEMS CERTAIN THE PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS PLAYER WILL PLAY AT LEAST A FEW SEASONS ON THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, TO END HIS DAYS AT THE TOP OF THE GAME. GOLF DIGEST TODAY REVEALED THAT MICKELSON HIRED LAWYERS TO HELP CONSTRUCT THE "SAUDI GOLF LEAGUE".
REPORTS FROM FOX IN AUSTRALIA SUGGEST CAMERON SMITH, MARC LEISHMAN AND JASON DAY COULD BE LINED UP TO PLAY, WITH THE REPORT RIGHTLY STATING THAT THE SAUDI'S ARE NOT INVESTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CREATE A SUPER SENIOR TOUR. THEY WANT PLAYERS IN THEIR PRIME OR NEAR TO IT, WITH STAR POWER.
POTENTIALLY CHINA'S HAOTONG LI COULD BE TEMPTED TO JOIN THE LEAGUE TO ADD A PROMINENT ASIAN GOLFER TO THE MIX ON A REGULAR BASIS, THE YOUNG STAR HAS HAD AN UP AND DOWN CAREER OVER THE YEARS AND THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE WOULD OFFER HIM STABILITY AND THE CHANCE TO COMPETE AND WIN TITLES.
NEW ZEALAND'S DANNY LEE HAS GONE OFF THE RADAR IN RECENT YEARS, BUT HAS STAR POWER AND HAS WON GLOBALLY, AND I COULD SEE HIM BEING TEMPTED TO REINVIGORATE HIS CAREER ON A NEW PLATFORM.
SOUTH AFRICA'S LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN, CHARL SCHWARTZEL AND BRANDEN GRACE HAVE HAD FANTASTIC CAREERS BUT I COULD SEE THEM FORGOING PGA TOUR MEMBERSHIP AND JOINING THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, ESPECIALLY IF THE LEAGUE HAS A SOUTH AFRICAN EVENT ON ITS SCHEDULE.
2018 MASTERS CHAMPION PATRICK REED HAS PLAYED GLOBALLY, AND HAS NO WORRIES ABOUT PLAYING AT AUGUSTA, SO I COULD SEE HIM JOINING THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, ESPECIALLY IF DUSTIN AND BRYSON ALSO JOIN.
AS FOR THE 20TH PLAYER, WELL ITS ALL SPECULATION REALLY, BASED UPON THE THINGS WE KNOW, AND DON'T KNOW, BUT IT IS CLEAR THE SAUDIS AND GREG NORMAN ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. THEY HAVE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO IT, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THEY HAVE ASSEMBLED A VERY EXPERIENCED AND TALENTED TEAM TOGETHER BEHIND THE SCENES. SO THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE NEEDS A SUPERSTAR, AND I THINK THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL SHOCK A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I COULD SEE XANDER SCHAUFFELE AND SHANE LOWRY JOINING. XANDER WAS MOST OFFENDED WHEN LAST WEEK THE GOLF CHANNEL SUGGESTED HE HADN'T WON ON THE PGA TOUR SINCE 2019, DESPITE WINNING GOLD AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES LAST JULY. HE PLAYS GLOBALLY AND HAS A WORLDWIDE HERITAGE IN HIS FAMILY, BORN IN GERMANY WITH A JAPANESE MOTHER.
SHANE LOWRY WAS OPEN ABOUT PLAYING IN THE SAUDI INTERNATIONAL FOR FINANCIAL GAIN, BUT I ALSO FEEL THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE WOULD GIVE HIM A BETTER PLATFORM TO DISPLAY HIS SKILLS, WITH A SHORTER SCHEDULE.
WHERE WILL THEY PLAY?
BUNKERED YESTERDAY SUGGESTED TURNBERRY COULD BE A SCOTTISH VENUE FOR THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE, AND I DO FEEL IT WILL BE COURSES OF THAT STATURE THAT STAGES THESE EVENTS. GREG NORMAN WANTS TO CREATE A PLATFORM UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE IN GOLF, AND STAGING ON ICONIC COURSES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON WOULD CERTAINLY DO THAT.
I CAN ALSO SEE ROYAL MELBOURNE AND SUN CITY BEING KEEN TO BE PART OF THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE. MELBOURNE LOST ITS REGULAR EVENT IN 2016 WHEN THE AUSTRALIAN MASTERS WAS DISCONTINUED, A SUPER GOLF LEAGUE EVENT WITH A SMALL FIELD WOULD FILL THAT VOID PERFECTLY.
THE NEDBANK GOLF CHALLENGE HAS BEEN A DP WORLD TOUR EVENT FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS, AND IS ON THIS SEASON'S SCHEDULE, BUT I COULD SEE ITS ORGANISERS WANTING TO RETURN TO A SMALLER FIELD AND BEING PART OF A NEW PLATFORM.
WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES ON THE ASIAN TOUR, AND THE ELEVATION OF THE SAUDI INTERNATIONAL TO FLAGSHIP EVENT ON THE ASIAN TOUR, I DON'T SEE THE MIDDLE EAST BEING PART OF THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE SCHEDULE FOR NOW. BUT I DO THINK ASIA WILL BE A DESTINATION FOR CERTAIN, WITH JAPAN THE MOST LIKELY NATION TO STAGE THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE.
AS FOR THE 10 EVENTS IN THE USA, I COULD SEE THERE BEING EVENTS IN NEW YORK, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, ILLINOIS, OHIO, NORTH CAROLINA, new jersey, ARIZONA AND PENNSYLVANIA. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE LIKES OF PINE VALLEY, SEMINOLE, CYPRESS POINT AND FIRESTONE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN STAGING THE SUPER GOLF LEAGUE.
WHO WILL SHOW IT?
I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY FOX IN THE US WILL BE THE PRIMARY BROADCAST PARTNER, BASED UPON THE PREVIOUS WORLD GOLF TOUR PROPOSAL IN 1994 AND THEIR LOSS OF GOLF AFTER THE 2019 US OPEN. AS FAR AS THE UK GOES IT WON'T BE SKY OR DISCOVERY, BOTH HAVE LONG-TERM DEALS TO SHOW THE PGA TOUR AND DP WORLD TOUR, SO THAT ONLY REALLY LEAVES PREMIER SPORTS RIGHT NOW, OR THEY COULD LAUNCH THEIR OWN OTT SERVICE.
WILL ANY OF THIS COME TO FRUITION?
ONLY TIME WILL TELL, BUT WE ARE MOVING CLOSER TO JUDGEMENT DAY.
