EU’ve never had it so good, says Sky’s voice of golf

WHEN the Irish Open tees off at Killarney on Thursday, one man knows more than most that the standard and strength in depth of golf on the European Tour has never been higher.

Bruce Critchley echoed the words of the old British Prime Minister Harold McMillan when he said: “You’ve never had it so good.”

Critchley should know. As Sky Sports’ voice of golf for nearly 20 years, he has seen it all, and the biggest change he has witnessed in that time is the rise of Europe, at the same time as the demise of the USA.