How golf amateurs can reap rewards of victory
SIR – Paul Dunne, the Irish amateur golfer, may not have triumphed at the Open on Monday (report, July 21), but his success has raised the question of how any prize money won by amateur players at such tournaments should be distributed.
In my view, the beneficiary should be the player’s national golf federation, from which most leading amateurs receive support. Windfalls of this kind would repay some of this investment and help other amateurs. This would benefit the game far more than adding to the bank accounts of established stars.
Linda Bayman
Sandwich Bay, Kent SIR – I was torn between a walk with my local history society on Monday evening and watching the climax of the Open on BBC One. I chose to do the walk and record the golf.
I later settled down to watch it, but my recording ended when BBC One switched to the news and put the four-hole play-off on BBC Two.
Once coverage moves to Sky from 2017, this will no longer be an issue.
Richard Strother
Southampton SIR – The BBC had the freedom to alter its programmes to televise the Open golf ’s extended day. It also has the freedom to let concerts overrun.
Such freedoms will go if it becomes commercial with contracts to its advertisers.
Richard Kellaway
Woolavington, Somerset