WIN TITLEIST GOLF BALLS Our “Letter of the Month” winner will receive one dozen NEW Titleist NXT Extreme and one dozen NEW Titleist NXT Tour golf balls. Got something to say? Tell Golf Australia magazine. Send your letters to The Editor, Golf Australia Magazine 55 Chandos Street St Leonards NSW 2065 or email to golf@next.com.au LETTER OF THE MONTH It first hit me while watching the New Zealand Open how crazy golf has become. Here were good but largely unknown golfers playing a second tier event for one-tenth of the US Tour prizemoney in front of family, officials and three dozen spectators and having to travel halfway around the world in cattle class for the privilege. Then I read John Huggan’s column (March issue, Golf Australia) which echoed my own thoughts. Why isn’t there a real World Golf Tour? Is it ironic, or moronic, that the ‘Nationwide Tour’ is played all over the world, while the ‘World Golf Championships’ are played (mostly) in one country (and one dimension to boot!). It is about time the structure was put right. Local amateur events, country-based development tours, promotion to regional tours, and then a true World Golf Tour that includes the majors. Aside from Tiger chasing Jack’s record, the majors are losing relevance because three of them are in the US and America is no longer the centre of the universe, let alone centre stage of golf’s future. The majors are exciting to watch, but a true World Golf Tour is needed to keep the game in touch with reality. Europe, Asia, South America, South Africa and Australia are all strongly represented, but the only home major for any of those players is the Open Championship. Bring on a real World Tour and lets see the US lose its stranglehold on world golf. The rest of the world would like our golf back! Rod Howard, Wandana Heights, Victoria Home