It has no basis in reality, ignores all the practical reasons why it isn’t already this way and is offered in no particular order. It is also not comprehensive.

Some of these ideas have real merit and some are like Santa Claus – not real but wouldn’t it be lovely if they were?

And it is, by default, my list which means, by default, it can’t be ‘wrong’. So don’t’ get in my face pointing out all the ways that it is.

Instead, send in some items that might make up your own list. (Collaborative is almost always better than combative, people.)

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There would be a world Tour made up of men’s and women’s national Opens.

Watching the Irish Opens of the past two weeks has been fantastic and variations on the theme – including models that mirror the Australian and Vic Opens – would only enhance both products.

A combined Presidents Cup, including the Lees, could be the impetus for the event's growth. PHOTO: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images.

The majors of both games would remain separate but would collaborate better to ensure benefit to all.

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The PGA Championship would travel the world.

If not every year, then at least once every four years. If you were drawing up the game today, there is no way you would have three of the game’s four biggest men’s tournaments in one country and while the U.S is unquestionably the powerhouse in world golf it also relies on the rest of the world to provide players. That has made their product better and more popular and taking a major to other parts of the world from time to time would be a great way to give back. It might also actually help ‘grow the game’, unlike so many initiatives put forward in recent years.

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The LPGA’s Founders Cup would be a major.

It has a legitimate and perfect backstory to become one of the game’s most important events and has proved compelling viewing when played on some prestigious courses in recent years. What better way to honour the 13 women who launched one of the most successful women’s sports leagues in history than to have a trophy in their honour be revered in the game?

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There would be a Women’s Masters at Augusta National.

Who honestly doesn’t want to see Nelly Korda and Minjee Lee and Lydia and Jin Young Ko and the rest of the LPGA’s stars tackle that cathedral of the game? The ANWA has given us a hint of what it might be like but for mine it is golf fans who miss out by a Women’s Masters not being a thing. (By the way, if you’re in the camp that doesn’t like this idea simply don’t watch.)

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The Presidents Cup would be mixed.

It was the addition of continental European players which turned the Ryder Cup from a second tier exhibition into one of the world’s great sporting contests and an equally bold move would do the same for the Presidents Cup. It would also give it a much needed point of difference to the Ryder Cup where comparisons find it falling woefully short on almost every measure.

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The ball would not fly as far at the top level.

This taps into the next point about golf courses because the distance debate is not about players, it’s about the game’s playing fields.

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The Sandbelt would play host to a world class event every year.

Ditto the heathland of England. The game is not a better product because the Sunningdales and Walton Heaths of the world are no longer ‘big’ enough to accommodate the world’s best players. The 2019 Presidents Cup proved the worth of Royal Melbourne and the size of the international audience, and the universal praise for the course, shows the global appetite exists among fans.

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Private clubs would ‘adopt’ public courses.

In return for some assistance in sharing of specialised information, knowledge and perhaps equipment there would open a pipeline of future golfers to that club. Almost everybody who takes up golf begins their journey at a public facility and fostering that relationship could pay dividends to private clubs for generations. Helping to ensure the survival of public golf which simultaneously ensuring the future of private clubs seems a win/win.

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There are no doubt plenty more ways we could make the game better at both the professional and recreational level so don’t hesitate to get in touch and share them.

Who knows, some of them might even come true.