Should the European Tour schedule include a break?

It’s that time of year when some of us have had enough while some of us still can’t get enough of the Euroepean Tour schedule. We put both sides of the argument in this week’s Alternate Shot…

‘That sort of lifestyle will undoubtedly take its toll on mental and physical wellbeing’

‘Now we can sit back a little and enjoy the beginnings of some nice storylines’

In relative terms very few players have featured much on the European Tour for the past month. We had 75 players in Turkey, 63 at the Nedbank and then 50 in Dubai, writes Mark Townsend.

Now the Q School graduates will get a chance to get their new lives off to a flying start and what a place to do it at Leopard Creek. Most of us need some blue skies to help raise the serotonin levels at this time of year and keep the interest levels simmering away.

This year the middle of the season was quite a lot to take in, with majors, fifth majors and WGCs coming at us from every angle, now we can sit back a little and enjoy the beginnings of some nice storylines. Think what Oliver Wilson might not have achieved if things had just shut down until Christmas – he had missed out on a European Tour card but then lit the blue touch paper with his efforts at this time of year.

Come the new year he had a place in the Open at Portrush and was well on his way to securing his privileges for this new season.

If anything I’d like more of a mid-season break rather than cooling the jets in December.

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