Clayton takes dead aim on fate of golf

Anyone with access to the UK version of Golf World should grab a copy of the latest issue as soon as possible, for if last month's feature on Tom Doak was absorbing, the interview with Mike Clayton (right) is gripping from start to finish.

This is a no-holds-barred assault on those with power to influence the architecture v technology debate. By the time you've read it, the mental image of Nero fiddling while Rome burns will be unavoidable.

To feature all the 'money quotes' here would lead me into copyright issues, so I will just leave it at this and urge you to buy:

"Someone like Adam Scott has to hit a 5-iron off every tee if he wants to play Swinley Forest. He can't go to Sunningdale and have fun anymore. He can't play it in the way Bobby Jones played it, or how Harry Colt wanted it to be played. I don't understand why the authorities don't care about something like that."

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