Golf's problem is that it has few personalities these days. In the 60s and 70s, you had the rivalries of Nicklaus, Palmer, Player and Watson. There were characters like Lee Trevino and Mr Lu with pork pie hat from Taiwan. Then Ballesteros came along.

It's boring now. Woods may have great talent but he has the personality of a wooden driver, hence the need to screw waitresses and hookers. Phil Mickelson is another charisma free zone like Lee Westwood and Justin Rose. Even the original Wild Thing, John Daly, now calls himself the Mild Thing.

The promoters are therefore desperate for new colourful young talent like Rory McIlroy and Ricky Fowler to succeed. Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia may dress colourfully but they lack the talent to win Majors. It's all rather sad.

I'm not sure about boxing, but with golf it strikes me that the root cause is the multi-millionaire lifestyle now possible from a few Top 20 finishes each year.  10 or 15 years ago (i.e. pre-Tiger), as a golf pro, you had to win tournaments to earn the serious money so they "went for it" more, playing less percentage shots - and it was a more exciting game with more characters.  Fingers crossed that the end of Tiger's hegemony helps brings these day back.

Golfing attire rules are becoming more and more relaxed now. You can still get proper attire at the leading courses and ones in fancy areas, but it is not mandatory to wear the traditional outfit. Public course attire is a disgrace, but private courses arn't too great either; ask for long pants, decent mens shoes and collared shirt. No brilliant golf shoos, just footjoy as the best.

l liked the film Caddyshack II when the snobs wore cravats and bowties on the golf course. l'd like to pull that shit on a private snobby golf course with the right kind of people *sniff sniff*, but i'd probably get too hot wearing the neckwear lol.