Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Asian major? It won't be the PGA Championship (Reuters)

KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina (Reuters) - The dynamic growth of golf in Asia has prompted suggestions that the continent merits a major championship of its own but if that does ever happen it will not be as a result of the PGA Championship relocating. PGA officials baulked at the suggestion on Wednesday that their event, widely viewed as the fourth-ranked of the game's elite tournaments, could benefit from a change of continent. "America represents about 60 percent of the global GDP (gross domestic product)," said PGA of America CEO Joe Steranka. ...

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