WGC - A Distinctly Weary Golf Concept

The opening World Golf Championship event of the 2017 season moves to Mexico, the first time a WGC event has been staged in South America. But as Mike Wilson points out, the noun ‘World’, in World Golf Championships differs significantly from the interpretation of the rest of the world

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Written by Mike Wilson

Photography by AFP

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