DP World Tour: Shipping Magnates, Sand Traps, and the Curious Alchemy of Global Branding By our correspondent, still jet-lagged in three time zones at once Jumeirah, Dubai — If you squint past the sun-flared skyline, you can just make out the 18th green of the Earth course, where golf’s latest multinational caravan has pitched its…
BMW PGA Championship 2025: When the World Sends Its Golfers to Surrey, the Rest of Us Pretend to Care by Henrietta “Hank” Mortensen, International Correspondent-at-Large VIRGINIA WATER, England – Every September, the Wentworth Club becomes a temporary United Nations with slightly better tailoring and far worse parking. In 2025, the BMW PGA Championship will once…
PORTLAOISE, Ireland – While the rest of the planet argues over whose apocalypse is scheduled first—climate, debt, or the next smartphone update—three hundred men in pastel slacks have retreated to a sodden island to ritualistically chase a ball and pretend the 21st century isn’t happening. Welcome to the Irish Open, the European Tour’s annual reminder…
