A 5th Major?

I read with disbelief the recent posts about the Players Championship potentially becoming the fifth major.

Firstly, why would we need another major championship? The USPGA seems to be only grudgingly accepted as a major so why add another?

Secondly, if you are going to elevate a tournament to major status why would would it be another tournament based in the USA? Surely the benefit to golf worldwide of holding a major outside of the USA and Europe would be immense. There are wonderful courses in South Africa, Australia and Asia that could hold such tournaments and these countries have a tremendous reputation for hosting major sporting events. After all where's the biggest growth market for golf? Yup, China. The Mission Hills resort in Shenzen province has 10 18 hole courses designed by Ernie, Olazabal, Sorrenstam, Faldo, Vijay, Norman, Duval, Oazki and Leadbetter.

Time for some PGA execs to wake up and smell some coffee, me thinks the cash cow might run out of milk.

Not as long as America watches golf on TV.

Well its not a proper major, the players just call it the 5th mayjor, but 1 day it might be :O

Short answer - money. To have all the best in one field significantly increases viewership - at the course and on TV - therefor, TV ratings go up, sponsorship goes up and purses go up.

And with the TV contract being up, the PGA will most likely move it so that there's a Major for 5 consecutive months.

And dont forget the course ther playing, 1 of my favs, TPC at sawgrass and wat does tpc stand for?

This has been floating around for nearly 20 years. They were talking about The TPC being a fifth Major back when Lyle won it.
Its just the usual story, the PGA trying to turn golf into baseball. It rolls around regular especially when their players are cleaning up in the Majors and the bigger tourneys.

We all discussed this a while ago didnt we? I think we all agreed that a fifth Major (or even, dare we say it, the replacement for the USPGA) should be elsewhere, Asia or Australia or Africa.

That wont happen of course. Personally I dont care if they make it a fifth Major or replace the USPGA with it. Its just one more big trophy that favours the american collegiate style of golf.

D.