After the Surrey site’s Chinese owners Reignwood tried to charge £100000 to existing members,the Tour’s base there will arrive under increasing scrutinyWhat price a sporting administration office block? We may be approximately to find out. From the moment Reignwood, the Beijing-based property developer, and bought Wentworth for £135m in 2014 it seemed the Surrey site’s alliance with the European Tour could enter the realms of the uneasy. That was endorsed when Reignwood hatched a diagram to charge existing Wentworth members £100000 to retain their status. If golf is to be viewed as even remotely inclusive,after all, it is wholly incongruous for a business leader such as the European Tour to acquire its base on the grounds of a property that is for the ultra-elite. The image of the connection is a damaging one. Related: European golf chief on US merger idea: ‘I believe we are already a global tour’ | Ewan Murray Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com