Sweden's
Henrik Stenson became the first European winner of both the Tour Championship
and FedEx Cup titles - almost doubling his PGA Tour career earnings in one
tournament.
Stenson carded a final round of
68 to win by three shots from United States pair Jordan Spieth and Steve
Stricker.
He claimed the first prize of
£875,000 and a £6.3m FedEx Cup bonus.
Nice work if you can get it, Stenson’s
return to form this season has been nothing short of remarkable and some of the
golf he has produced during the play-offs has been amazing and he thoroughly
deserved to win the lot.
But while watching last night
there was an advert for the season ending race to Dubai on the European Tour,
which starts next month, and it made me think after the quality of golf I’ve
seen during the FedEx Cup play-offs what’s the point.
On watching the advert there wasn’t
an ounce of excitement in me to tune in; the European Tour has fallen so far
behind the PGA Tour in terms of quality of tournaments, the number of star
names on show, and the quality of golf it’s frightening.
The only hope the European Tour
has is to merge with the PGA Tour and create a World Tour otherwise the PGA Tour
will continue to innovate and streak ahead and leave the European Tour well behind.
Also watch out for Jordan Spieth
in the next few years if he continues to improve at the rate he has this season
he could be America’s next golfing superstar.
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