Private jets are a way to get from tour to tour, but they’re also an essential status symbol. We tune in for Tiger, Phil, Ricky, and Rory, just like it was all about Arnie and Jack back in the day.Īdd the focus on personalities to the fact that golf is an expensive game (those putters, drivers, and club memberships are expensive) and private jets seem an all the more obvious outgrowth of pro golf culture. Most of us wouldn’t tune in to see a bunch of nameless nobodies hit a ball and walk around the green. Golf is a sport that paradoxically celebrates humility and reserved-ness, yet requires big personalities.
