Golf's ultimate fight - PGA Tour Versus European Tour

I have been on holiday the last week so I am sorry for the lack of updates - some people have all the luck right!

PGA Tour Versus European Tour
The PGA tour and the European Tour have been fighting for golf supremacy for years. The PGA tour has always been the more glamorous and offered the most money, but does that make it the best?

Last week former Australian professional Brett Ogle created some controversy when he told viewers of an Australian cable television golf show that the European Tour was "about 2 shots behind the US tour." Ogle's opinion was brought to the attention of the commentators during the Dunhill Links Championship and they were most displeased with his comments as they believed that many of the European Tour events were very close if not equal to the US tour. They argued that because they had 7 of the worlds tops 20 golfers then the event was likely to be just as strong as a US tour event and that the different types of courses on each tour make it much closer than many people think.

Considering Ogle has played, and won, on both tours he should have some insight into the matter. There are certainly some great golfers playing on both tours. What I want to know is what you, the glf watching public, think about the two tours. Is one clearly above the other or are they very similar?

If you have an opinion on this issue I would love to hear it. Feel free to leave a comment and I will try to respond to everyone.

Dunhill Links Championship - Dougherty Wins

This tournament is one of my personal favorite European Tour Events. If you haven't heard of it then I will explain it very quickly. The tournament is played at 3 different courses over the first three days with final round being played at the "home of golf," St. Andrews. There is basically two sides to the tournament

• Pros playing for themselves
• Pros also team up with an amateur
  

Teams of one professional and one amateur play one round each at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns. It is a men's professional event, but women amateurs may enter. The leading 60 professionals make the cut to play in the final round, as do the leading 20 teams, whether or not the professional member of the team made the cut personally. (source Wikipedia)

In my opionion playing the tournamnet over 3 different courses really makes it interesting and even adding some celebrity amateur's doesn't seem to cheapen the event. It is the richest golf tournament on the european tour and the winner takes home $800000 US.

Congratulations to Nick Dougherty who won the event today to complete his second win on the tour.

Top 10 - Leaderboard

1	Nick Dougherty	ENG	-18	270	67	66	66	71	F
2	Justin Rose	ENG	-16	272	68	69	66	69	F
3	Rory McIlroy	IRL	-15	273	71	67	67	68	F
4	Paul Lawrie	SCO	-14	284	66	73	64	81	F
4	Barry Lane	ENG	-14	274	69	70	68	67	F
6	Ernie Els	SAF	-13	275	67	67	70	71	F
6	Trevor Immelman	SAF	-13	275	73	65	67	70	F
8	Soren Hansen	DEN	-12	276	66	70	71	69	F
8	Padraig Harrington	IRL	-12	276	70	66	67	73	F
10	Niclas Fasth	SWE	-11	277	67	70	67	73	F
10	Peter Hanson	SWE	-11	277	68	68	69	72	F
10	Paul Casey	ENG	-11	277	74	68	68	67	F
10	Scott Strange	AUS	-11	277	66	70	69	72	F
10	Anton Haig	SAF	-11	277	68	66	75	68	F