Barrow loads of money still to be made

There was a time when professional golf went into hibernation for a good six months with the arrival of October.

Nowadays, in total contrast, the coming six weeks or so are known as “the wheelbarrow tour”, in other words this is the time of year for the pros to make their way to Asia and fill their coffers with the enormous sums of money on offer there.

Having kicked off the series with the recent unofficial $7m matchplay event in Turkey, they are turning up in force this week for yet another $7 million tournament, the BMW Masters at Lake Malaren, a superb lay-out near Shanghai, and one that could have a major bearing on this year’s Race to Dubai order of merit on the European Tour.