ROBERT KARLSSON & ONEASIA
It’s a good thing I’m a fan of Robert Karlsson (I think it goes back to the volcanic sand…) because by winning last weekend’s Dunhill Links Championship, the streaking Swede pulled the rug out from under my Miguel-Angel-Jimenez- for-E-Tour-Player-of-the-Year piece before even a single week had passed. Karlsson managed to steal his Dunhill victory after starting Sunday tied for 7th, three off the pace, following a disappointing Saturday 76 at Carnoustie. His closing 65 at St Andrews drew him right back into the fight, however, and when Germany’s talented Martin Kaymer bogeyed the Road hole, Kaymer, Karlsson and England’s Ross Fisher played off. Karlsson made quick order of things by birdieing the first with a three-footer to salt away his second straight E Tour triumph (having claimed the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Cologne during September). With three of the Tour’s four remaining official events taking place in Spain, however, we must assume Jimenez to hold something of a home field advantage. But well beyond this mythical POY contest (“mythical” because we’ve ignored Padraig Harrington – writing him off to America – just so there might be something to talk about), we now must consider the prospect of the 39-year-old Karlsson emerging not just as a dominant Euro star but perhaps as a (near) future top-5 player worldwide.
This, after all, is a man whose remarkable season (only one non-top 10 from the E Tour’s return to the Continent through late August’s SAS Masters) seemed to be cooling down…until he rang the bell twice in consecutive starts. Further, he finished T8 at the Masters, T4 at the U.S. Open and T7 at the Open Championship, then led the PGA Championship on Thursday before ultimately fading to a tie for 20th. Toss in a Ryder Cup appearance (including a 5&3 dusting of Justin Leonard in singles) and one clearly must wonder if the matured Karlsson – perhaps no longer the game’s least-tethered spirit? – is ready for truly big things in 2009.
His talent, to be sure, has always been imposing.
Meanwhile, moving further East, whatever happened to OneAsia?
It seems that the Asian Tour has thus far managed – through either its own growing financial clout or its burgeoning ties with the E Tour – to derail the prospect, killing its chances of a 2009 debut and generally raising far more questions than answers. Truthfully, it does seem difficult to envision a meaningful OneAsia without a full commitment from the region’s eponymous tour. The Australasian Tour, after all, is on life support, and possesses nowhere near enough economic clout to drive the proposed new tour’s wheel, and I have always been skeptical regarding the desire of the Japan Tour (which has long stood very nicely on its own) to take a leadership role.
Currently being discussed are a set of 2009 WGC-style super events for the region, high-profile tournaments (selected from existing schedules) open to members of all of the region’s competing tours. This might well be an important first step in the long-term uniting the region, and, one presumes, a desperately necessary move for the Australasian circuit, which would immediately add multiple big-money events to its otherwise dwindling schedule.
But with rumors persisting of a potential merger between the European and Asian tours somewhere down the line, OneAsia doesn’t appear to be going anywhere fast.
For now.
Daniel
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