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It’s a subject we’ve gotten into a few times in the past, but it looks like a tour pro is\u00a0beginning to see a problem as well.\u00a0 I’m talking about kids playing on the pro golf tours.\u00a0 At one time it was a sixteen year old<\/a>.\u00a0 Then it was a\u00a0fourteen year old<\/a>.\u00a0 Now, the\u00a0European Tour is pushing the envelope\u00a0and had a\u00a0thirteen year old\u00a0participate in the European Masters this past weekend.\u00a0 So really, at what point\u00a0is the line to be drawn?\u00a0 Well, it seems Miguel Angel Jimenez is one player who has had enough.<\/p>\n

Jimenez spoke out against the idea of having a thirteen year old in the tournament saying\u00a0he should be playing against other players his own age, and that this type of pressure could ruin their careers.\u00a0\u00a0He even\u00a0went as far as to accuse the\u00a0organizers of using\u00a0a kid to gain publicity for the tournament.\u00a0 Some other players defended the decision saying that the additional promotion is good for the game.<\/p>\n

So what do you think?\u00a0 Is thirteen years old too young\u00a0for a player to participate in a golf tournament?\u00a0 Especially when it’s a tournament as big as the European Masters?\u00a0 If you don’t think so, keep in mind, this same kid also played in the Volvo China Open back in May at the age of\u00a0twelve!\u00a0 Me personally, I think so.<\/p>\n

While I do agree that the extra promotion for the tournament is good for the sport as a whole, I feel more strongly that this does, in fact, cheapen the sport.\u00a0 A thirteen, fourteen or even a sixteen year old could not even be on the same court\/field as a professional in any other major sport without risking his life.\u00a0 But in golf, it seems that these young players are popping up in more tournaments, and they’re getting younger and younger each time.<\/p>\n

Also, as far as using young players simply to promote the tournament, I agree with Jimenez.\u00a0 I don’t think there is any other legitimate reason to add a thirteen year old kid to your tournament other than to help generate more of a buzz surrounding it.\u00a0 You mean to tell me there is no other tour pro deserving of a spot in the tournament\u00a0ahead of a thirteen year old kid?\u00a0 How do you think that makes the tour pro’s who didn’t get the invite feel?\u00a0 One of them has to be thinking “Are you kidding me?\u00a0 I don’t get an invite, but a kid still struggling with his math homework does?!”<\/p>\n

So where does it end?\u00a0 When is it enough?\u00a0 At what age do we put a cap on it?\u00a0 Is it 12?\u00a0 11?\u00a0 10?!\u00a0 Come on now.\u00a0 Do we really need to see this?\u00a0 We all know right from the start that the kid has no shot at winning.\u00a0 He barely has a snowballs\u00a0chance in hell of even making the cut!\u00a0 So is it\u00a0worth, as Jimenez says, ruining their careers?\u00a0 Well, I guess that’s up to the promoters.\u00a0 But as\u00a0Jimenez indicated, and has sometimes been shown, sometimes it’s more about the money and promotion than it is the players.<\/p>\n

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