Obviously we have the golfshake.com Open taking place this year with entrants gaining FREE entry through regional qualifiers

But should the Professional golf world take on a 5th Major such as the Players Championship taking place at TPC at Sawgrass this weekend ?

NO.

No explaination needed because it's obvious.

OMG..

I'm in agreement with Santo

now I'm worried!!! if Davina agrees with me

But at some point shouldn't history move on ?  left unchanged do things not get stagnated and stale so to speak ?   at some point in time everything was new and didn't have history attached

But surely where golf is concerned History is what makes it so important !!!

Yes the golf majors do need a shake up.  It is absolutely ridiculous to have three majors in the US.  The US PGA should be down graded and one or two other tournaments in different parts of the world should take its place.  The tennis majors with the different surfaces and different times of the year form a much better all round championship test.

I guess the only pity is that 3 of the majors are played in U.S.A.

ooppsss...Sorry Jon. We must have been typing that reply at the same time  

I think four majors is about right.

Considering how long the golf season is I don't think adding another major would help.

There are two things that get me about the majors at the moment, one is the Masters and the other is having three of them in the US

The Masters is the only major that is played at the same course each year.  Now it might be a spectacle but is it right that one course is guaranteed a major every year.

Then there is the US having three majors.  Golf is now a worldwide sport and with TV it can be broadcast from anywhere in the world.  It seem sensible to move one of the US majors and maybe play one in Australia, or around that area of the world.

I don't think the yanks would be too pleased, but hey it's a global sport after all!

Russ

I think they should make the TPC a major.

You would then have the Masters in April
TPC in May
US Open in June
Open in July
PGA Championship in August

That would make for entertaining viewing till the Football Season starts again.

Wayne, you do have a good point given the length of time we have all been playing golf compared to more 'modern' sports.  

I also think the points about 3 in the US is spot on and as Jon says if you had say British Open, Masters and then the other 2 which went round the world that would surely be a great spectable and take golf to the masses.

No-otherwise you have to change history.  Any new major would not be taken as a 'proper major' so it's pointless.  The history is what makes the major.  They have created World Championship events which are effectively mini majors anyway-I think its about right.  Yes, its a shame only one major is over here-but at least it is the most improtant major, in most peoples mind anyway.  I always rate them

Open, Masters, US Open...then a fair way behind the USPGA. Then not too far behind that the TPC.

Used to think the world matchplay was like an end of season 'major' but not now!

I like the track you are on Darren but I would prefer UK Open, US Open, Asia Open and Australisia Open.  The US Masters could then be reclassified as World Masters and kept at Augusta with qualification heavily weighted towards performance in the other four majors the previous year.