PGA News
• Hammond named TGI Golf Partner of the Year
• Harnett and Smith win FootJoy-sponsored PGA campaign
• Region boasts three members of golf’s ruling class
Dear Industry Colleague,
This has been one of the wettest winters in recent history and many of us are still suffering from wet courses, drenched golf ranges and soggy customers. Perhaps now is the ideal time to get away to warmer climates and our lead feature this week is just one such opportunity: Son Gual is a fabulous course on the delightful island of Majorca.
Back in the UK, there is not much to be done about the dreadful sodden conditions, except hope for an early and dry spring. Perhaps this is the way that our climate is heading, due to global warming. At Basildon, we never close the course, preferring to stay open even when all of the other local courses are closed, many understandably. However we are of the opinion that, providing golfers are given sufficient warning of the conditions, there is very little damage done to the course - even if it is soaking wet under foot and wetter than a well-doused trifle. Not everyone agrees with us, but those who complain are often concerned that the course will not recover. This is obviously nonsense,as come the spring all damage caused by ruts and footprints is quickly swept away by new growth and dry conditions.
Providing courses are safe, then there seems to be no reason to close them - that makes sense to me. Perhaps I’m just too much of a grubby merchant to shut down the course - I hope not everybody thinks that.
Great to see that Chile’s marvellous Joaqúin Niemann has been given an invitation to play at Augusta, despite being one of the wicked, yet wonderful, golfers from LIV Golf. When are the clowns at OWGR going to wake up to the fact that they are distorting world golf by preventing LIV golfers gaining ranking points. My biggest raspberry is reserved for them and their hypocrisy. Servants of the game - I don’t think so.
Best wishes, Colin Jenkins
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