Golf gets louder — and dumber

If you believe the cavemen who scream “Mashed potatoes’, “Get in the hole’, “You the man” or “Baba Boey’ are headed for extinction under a new draconian security policy by golf’s tours, think again.

Speculation, believed to be very well placed, that the 2024 Ryder Cup and the 2019 US PGA Championship will be played on the feared Black Course at Bethpage Black will be enough to keep this thriving species alive for years to come.

After all, the irritating minority who seek their five minutes of fame by bellowing the latest fan catchphrase as a player launches a drive down the fairway have been around for years now and not just since “blue collar” style heroes such as Bubba Watson or US PGA champion Jason Dufner.