India, July 22 -- At a time when I should have been writing about Ryan Fox and the incredible golf he played at Royal Birkdale - especially the last six holes on Sunday - an announcement by three of the leading Tours on Tuesday has forced a change of plan.

Hectic parleys between the Asian Tour, the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour during the Open Championship have resulted in the three of them forming an alliance.

This follows five years of a partnership with LIV Golf, during which the Asian Tour benefitted from monetary assistance in conducting the International Series events, and also formed the development tour that was so critical for LIV in the early days.

Obviously, with the Public Investment Fund (PIF) withdrawing its funding for ...