{"id":227145,"date":"2018-11-25T21:02:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T21:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/much-ado-about-nothing-albeit-an-indecent-amount-of-dosh\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:29:10","slug":"much-ado-about-nothing-albeit-an-indecent-amount-of-dosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/much-ado-about-nothing-albeit-an-indecent-amount-of-dosh\/","title":{"rendered":"Much ado about nothing\u2026 albeit an indecent amount of dosh"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Much ado about nothing\u2026 albeit an indecent amount of dosh<\/h1>\n

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When Rory McIlroy suggested of \u2018The Match’, the Tiger Woods\/Phil Mickelson exhibition in Las Vegas on Friday, that \u201c15 years ago it would have been great\u201d, that sentiment pretty much hit the spot. They have 19 major championships (14-5 to Tiger) between them but in the last 10 seasons they’ve won just two, both owned by Phil, and at the recent Ryder Cup in Paris they claimed a cumulative \u00a0nil points . Tiger’s strong showings in the Open and the USPGA this past summer suggest that another major is not out of the question for him, but for both men their best days are well behind them, part of the reason the $9 million shoot-out was derided in many quarters.<\/p>\n

One newspaper dubbed their show the \u2018Crass Course’, an accusation which could not be levelled at the venue.\u00a0Shadow Creek was built in 1990 by Tom Fazio, with considerable input from his client, casino owner Steve Wynn. It reportedly cost $60 million to create this rather marvellous masterpiece in the Nevada desert. The course record is a 12-under-par 60, shared by Fred Couples and\u2026Tiger Woods. Not that the golf on Thanksgiving weekend was of that calibre. Watching it unfold,\u00a0Darren Clarke said: \u201cWe need a spark, we need something.\u201d The former\u00a0American basketball star, Charles Barkley, remarked in commentary:\u00a0\u201cThis is some crappy golf.\u201d And then it wasn’t. At the par-three 17th, Woods chipped in to ensure Mickelson could not close out the match there (beforehand Jon Rahm had said: \u201cif someone has a really bad day they’re going to finish on the 13th, two hours early\u201d and I wonder if words had been had to ensure that didn’t happen?) before Mickelson eventually prevailed at the fourth extra hole.<\/p>\n

Perhaps fittingly for this spectacle, by that time they were out of daylight and Phil won by making a four-foot putt under floodlights on a specially conceived hole which measured 93 yards. But don’t knock that bit! \u2013 it’s what I think the European Tour should do with the 18th at Wentworth should its PGA Championship go into overtime. But that’s for another time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m just trying to calm down, my heart can’t take any more,\u201d said the winner. \u201cIt was such an incredible opportunity.\u00a0He’s the greatest of all time but to have a little bit of smack talk for the coming years means a lot to me because I don’t have a lot on him.\u201d The pre-match boxing-style hype had been a bit nauseating; trash talking and golf are uneasy bedfellows. But there had been a bit of genuine needle when Woods was asked how he’d get into Mickelson’s mind. \u201cHave you seen our majors record?\u201d he asked. \u201cI’d say I’ve got into his head pretty good over the past 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIlroy was not the only golfer to talk the occasion down, some in stronger terms. Gary Player said: \u201cI don’t think Tiger v Phil is either relevant or cause-related at all. What a lost opportunity for all of golf.\u201d Paul McGinley said: \u201cThe money is not adding to what they are doing. Mostly it is taking away.\u201d\u00a0Eddie Pepperell volunteered: \u201cThis is everything golf shouldn’t be doing right now. One man earning $9 million isn’t attractive. This putrid attempt at attention will turn out be futile for everyone.\u201d Perhaps not for Mickelson’s bank manager but I can’t think such egregious excess will benefit the game even if a few charities did make some money, too. I doubt \u2018The Match’ sent a great message to millennials that golf is the game for them.<\/p>\n

Let’s also not forget those oft-neglected folk, the poor beleaguered bookies. Earlier this year the US Supreme Court overruled a 1992 decision to prohibit sports betting in most states. Golf wants a younger audience, of course, but it would like a piece of the betting action as well. (Given his reputation, who better than Mickelson to be the poster boy for that endeavour?) All this may end up being good news for Denise Coates, the founder and chief executive of Bet365, who we learned last week has to muddle through on an annual salary of \u00a3265 million. So at least that’s a heart-warming way to look forward to the future.<\/p>\n

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