Dear Industry Colleague,

Congratulations must go to Collin Morikawa who topped the European Tour ‘Race to Dubai’ (Order of Merit) and won the DP World Tour Championship at the same time. He is the first American to do this and it has crowned a glorious year for this incredibly talented young man.

He’ll be a fixture on the golf scene for many years to come and he carried himself with great composure and dignity despite having travelled halfway around the world to compete in the event. Rory McIlroy came very close to back to back wins, but although his challenge seemed to wilt, he is very close to playing his best golf again and once the disappointment of losing has faded, he will take much from an improved year.

Sadly we must report the passing of Stephen Proctor, the owner and force behind Sports Marketing Surveys INC since 1985. He did much work behind-the-scenes in the golf industry and was still very active in the Golf Foundation where he was a board member for many years.

Stephen was a splendid man and a great friend to us all in the golf industry and I shall personally miss him very much.

Best wishes 

Colin Jenkins