The game of golf is becoming the globalization thing under the Tiger Woods’ golf clubs. To make no mistake, the U.S., along with most of the industrialized world, have golf rushing around the world faster.

According to some related sources, the Asian Amateur Champion will receive a coveted spot in the Masters field and exemption into the final stage of British Open qualified. The point is that the Masters and the British Open, which are two of the most global of golf’s major tournaments.

The inaugural version will be played on Oct. 29-Nov. 1 at Mission Hills Country Club in China. Since it opened in 1992, Mission Hills has become the world's largest country club, with 12 courses, four clubhouses, three spas, two golf academies and a five-star hotel (never mind the 51 tennis courts) occupying a landmass equaling five New York Central Parks. In the past decade and a half since the government embraced golf, the number of Chinese players has risen from 30,000 to 2.5 million. Golf-wise and money-wise, it's a rather flush country at the moment.

"We do feel the main potential for growth is in Asia”. Said by Peter Dawson, who is the chief executive of the Royal & Ancient Golf Society. “America and the U.K. have plateaued. Growth in the game lies in these other territories. Our fields from the majors now are coming from a wide range of countries. I believe it's wise for majors to reinvest in these countries."

To make no mistake, the European PGA Tour’s global developing is all about the expansion. Beyond Europe, steered by money. It is reported that the Euro Tour begins with tournaments in China, Hong Kong, Australia, South Africa, Thailand, the UAE, Qatar, the UAE again, Malaysia, Australia again and Indonesia before starting the European swing in March in Portugal. Then it goes back to China and South Korea before returning to Spain.

The government of Dubai, also took part into this big trend of golf globalization. Indeed, both Dubai and Abu Dhabi have expressed interest in hosting the 2018 Ryder Cup It is said that the world’s richest golf tournament is undergoing, the Dubai World Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates, with $2 million going to the winner of the bonus pool and $250,000 to the 15th-place finisher. With the government’s financial policy, many pros, including Tiger Woods himself, all go to the Country for golf course developing. More and more professional golfers have their projects in the abroad.

This U.S. PGA Tour, the South Korea’s golfer Y. E. Yang, who give a second to Tiger Woods, which of course cause the passion of South Korean to golf movement. Besides, LPGA also developed well in South Korea.

According to the golf’s global developing track, we can easily find that the so called “English-proficiency” policy is steered by money, which is the real world language.

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