Finding Out Your News on TV
– most of us genuinely have no idea. The real conversations are happen- ing among a select few, and they’re keeping everything close to the vest. It makes me laugh when people call us a “player-run organisation” because, honestly, most of us players seem to have about as much say in what’s happening as the average golf fan. Internal communication has never been the tour’s strong suit, and I get why. We’re a travelling circus – setting up shop at a different course every week. Each tournament has its own
T HESE DAYS I’M GLUED TO golf coverage more than ever, and I know a lot of players who would say the same. It’s not because we’re suddenly more interest- ed in watching ourselves on TV. We’re doing it because the media has liter- ally become our best shot at figuring
out what’s going on with our own tour. It’s infuriating. Mostly, it’s all this business with the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. When reporters ask us what we know about these ongoing talks and we don’t have any answers, it’s not that we’re not playing dumb
ILLUSTRATION BY CHLOE ZOLA
12 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA
MAY 2025
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