Amongst the vast array of things this correspondent struggles to understand in this ever-more complicated life, the level of prizemoney in major championships is but one.
Why, my simplistic mind wonders, do any of golf’s four most important events care even a little bit about how they compare in financial terms with anything else out there?
Why do the bods in charge at Augusta National, the PGA of America, the United States Golf Association and the R&A bother themselves
