Guardian: Could Norman And Saudis Turn Attention To The Women's Game?

The Guardian’s Ewan Murray assesses the state of Phil Mickelson, Greg Norman and Golf Saudi’s efforts to disrupt and raises a question many have had all along: what about the women’s game?

At Newcastle, the Saudis were not attempting to overthrow an existing sporting ecosystem. They are not, either, in women’s golf. Involvement with the Ladies European Tour has seen the lucrative Aramco Series develop without much fuss at all. Industry insiders now believe Norman could turn his attention towards the making of further inroads on that tour, which has a captive audience due to stark economics. Not that a smooth road would be guaranteed; Martin Slumbers, the chief executive of the R&A, and his counterpart at the DP World Tour, Keith Pelley, sit on the LET board. Alliances exist between the LET and the US-based LPGA Tour, just as they do between the LPGA Tour and the PGA Tour.

Murray did ignore a key point: women can now eat in restaurants there so…the sky is the limit.