Agenda For The Augusta National Committee Meeting

The decision to extend an invitation to Ryo Ishikawa for this year’s Masters has been called “strictly a Japanese media buy” by one golfing journalist, and it’s a sentiment with which many in the media seem to concur. Is it even credible to give invitations out for a Major tournament? Probably not, but all golf fans are well aware that the powers that be at Augusta National do what they want. They always have, after all the event was conceived by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts as exactly that, an Invitational. As a…Read more …

Open Competitions – Making More of Golf Club Membership

Persuading the ’nomadic’ golfer to join a golf club is a tall order.  In the current economic climate, even the most ardent advocate of membership would concede that financial priorities, job security, and the international nature of work these days, mean that many are, quite understandably, reluctant to commit to life as a full golf club member. Making matters worse, the likes of 2-for-1 discount schemes leave many thinking they can play an awful lot of golf on a wide variety of courses for less than the cost of joining a club. So,…Read more …
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