It's odd to think an invasion could be going on and George Bush didn't provoke it.

It's those European colonialists again. The European Tour is holding a couple of tournaments in Asia next year, the Indian Masters and the Korea Open.

The problem is neither tournament is officially sanctioned by the Asian Tour. The Asians aren't happy about it.

The European Tour, on the other hand, say they have given the Asian Tour half of the proceeds from their co-sponsored events for years, while doing most of the work and spending most of the money. Also, Asians can play on the European Tour, but not vice-versa.

It's a small spat, but what if – as John Huggan the European correspondent for Golf Digest asks – there is a larger turf war, involving the European Tour and the PGA Tour. It's nearly happened before, if you'll recall, with the WGC events.

Huggan says not to worry, it will never happen. European Tour chief George O'Grady will back down from us big, bad Americans.

"...O' Grady has shown a marked reluctance to take on the PGA Tour, even when such an opportunity arose," Huggan writes. "Which is hardly a surprise. Bullies, as we all know, all too often double as cowards."

Yow.

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