Tim Finchem and his fellow empire builders at the PGA Tour are angling to take control of the financially weak European Tour.
“Talks have already taken place at an informal basis,” says the Telegraph, which characterizes Europe as “a golfing wasteland as far as professional events are concerned.”
The European Tour, which has been drained of life by the continent’s dreary economies, wasn’t able to fill its schedule this year, and it’s been without a chairman for months. By contrast, the PGA Tour is hale and hearty and seeking new worlds to conquer. It already controls the Canadian Tour and PGA Tour Latinoamerica, and it’ll soon have events in China and Malaysia.
In a prepared statement, Finchem called the Telegraph’s report “inaccurate” but didn’t deny the tour’s interest in its European counterpart. He also reiterated his belief that “the integration of professional golf can create additional value for our players, sponsors and fans.”
Translation: A World PGA Tour is inevitable.
