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Sports Central December 31, 2008 Ryan Ballengee |
How to Make Golf Sponsorship Work The first real gap on the PGA Tour schedule in several years has caused the media community to go on the offensive about the Tour's woes.  |
Sports Central November 30, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
The European Tour's Global Impact The Dubai World Championship, played in November each year, will be the richest tournament in professional golf history.  |
Sports Central March 24, 2010 Ryan Ballengee |
Tiger, IMG, and PGA Tour: The Battle For Pro Golf in the U.S. The future business model of golf depends on the ability for tours to deliver events with star-studded fields.  |
BusinessWeek April 30, 2010 Helyar & Helm |
Forget Tiger. The PGA Has Bigger Problems Professional golf's period of rapid growth from 1996 to 2008, when prize money grew fourfold to $278 million a year, is over.  |
Sports Central July 12, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Who Were the Ad Wizards? The Western Open is officially dead.  |
Sports Central December 1, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
Superstar Hypocrisy on the Tour It is hypocritical to cry out that the PGA Tour season is way too long, but then go ahead and play several more events well after the schedule ends.  |
Sports Central January 25, 2010 Ryan Ballengee |
The Inconvenient Ruse of the Independent Contractor There is not a single player inside of the top 35 of the Official World Golf Rankings at the Bob Hope Classic this week.  |
Sports Central May 26, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Why the PGA's FedEx Cup is Empty The more I find out about how the FedEx Cup is shaping up, the more discouraged I become about the potential value of this series.  |
Sports Central May 6, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Ranking the PGA Tour Schedule It has become clear that the PGA Tour is considering the development of a policy that will try to compel its membership -- primarily its best players -- to play in more events with a wider variety.  |
Sports Central October 7, 2008 Ryan Ballengee |
European Tour vs. PGA Tour: Game On? The potential for more appearances on the European Tour by perennial PGA Tour players has the Euro Tour brass and Euro golf media claiming a changing of the guard in golf is eminent.  |
Sports Central March 28, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Measuring a Man's Worth How much is PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem really worth for his contribution to the Tour?  |
Sports Central May 29, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
The PGA's Head-Scratching Scheduling The PGA Tour is making decisions that negatively impact some of their best events.  |
Sports Central March 26, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
A Tale of Two Tours The new AT&T National golf invitational tournament creates solutions and problems.  |
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 Dean Foust |
The PGA Tour: Sand Trap Ahead As it negotiates new TV deals, the Tour finds itself in a weakened position.  |
Sports Central April 27, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
A Glorious Saturday A few weeks ago in Las Vegas, the LPGA Takefuji Classic concluded on a Saturday. Although the Takefuji did not set huge ratings records or have a high attendance, the idea to end some LPGA Tour events on Saturday is a good one.  |
Inc. April 1, 2010 J.J. McCorvey |
A New Way to Join the PGA Tour The PGA Tour Club gives members and their guests access to premier golf courses, tournaments, and events.  |
Sports Central February 21, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
Golf's Identity Crisis The game of golf is exhibiting signs that it is clearly struggling with the same problems of someone in a midlife crisis.  |
Sports Central August 29, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
FedEx Cup: We Can Rebuild It A list of ideas to improve the PGA Tour and FedEx Cup.  |
U.S. Banker May 2009 Anthony Malakian |
Sponsorships Scare Some Despite Revenue Upside It's apparent that the hundreds of banks that received funds from the TARP now have to weigh the political consequences of attaching their names to sporting events or venues.  |
Sports Illustrated November 28, 2000 Alan Shipnuck |
Extrapolation Nation Instead of talking about overtaking the NFL, the Tour needs to get serious...  |
Sports Central March 11, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
How to Improve the Golf Season Focusing more on choice players and shortening the golf season will attract more viewers, benefiting golfers, networks and charities.  |
Sports Central May 5, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
Is the PGA Giving Up Too Soon? With 70% of the teams or individuals qualifying for the first round of playoffs, the PGA Tour FedEx Cup doesn't really begin until the second round.  |
Sports Central November 21, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Trump Headlining a Golf Tour a Bad Idea If Trump were to try to challenge the LPGA Tour and build his own women's tour, he would be much more prudent and learn lessons from the U.S. Pro Golf Tour.  |
Sports Illustrated September 26, 2000 Jaime Diaz |
Is Texas Toast? To be successful these days, a PGA Tour event must have three things: a title sponsor who puts up a big purse, good dates and Tiger Woods. The venerable Texas Open has none of the above, which makes tournament organizers fearful that the 70th Open, played last Sunday, could be one of the last.  |
Sports Central March 3, 2005 Kevin Beane |
The Triumphant Return of Jaidee Why the European Tour runs as good a golf organization as the PGA, and for far less money.  |
Sports Central March 6, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
American Golfing Dominance Over? In very short order, the faces of golf have gotten a lot younger and a lot less American.  |
Sports Central November 2, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
Show Me the Money (List) The chase for the top 30 on the money list is one of the few times when the Tour season strings together.  |
Sports Central August 31, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Golf and Doping: A Real Possibility The PGA Tour must pilot a drug testing program in 2007 and create a full program for the 2008 season.  |
Sports Central October 23, 2004 Ryan Ballengee |
King of the Links: How to Make Golf Exciting Even as a golf fan and commentator, I find the last few months of the golfing season to be incredibly tedious  |
Sports Central December 7, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Tigermania 2.0: How This All Will Help Golf Because of Tiger Woods' accident, rumor mill, and subsequent confession, golf has never had more eyes even indirectly affixed on it.  |
Fast Company March 2014 |
How Golf Scored a Hole in One With China With the markets in the U.S. and Europe almost completely saturated, China represents golf's biggest growth opportunity  |
Sports Central August 2, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
The Embattled LPGA Commish Nearly a year after she was appointed, the quiet devotion to Carolyn Bivens appears to be evaporating quickly.  |
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 |
How the PGA Schedule Lines Up Here's a list of tournaments on the calendar -- along with our best guess as to which events might see a change of date or venue: Jan. 4-7, Mercedes Championships... Jan. 11-14, Sony Open... etc.  |
Sports Central August 26, 2008 Ryan Ballengee |
The PGA's FedEx Cup Conundrum Through making the changes it did from one season to the next, the Tour has proven that the FedEx Cup lacks identity.  |
Sports Central May 16, 2005 Vincent Musco |
A Look at Golf's Next Five Most followers of the PGA Tour can easily name the top five players in the world, but who can identify players ranked 6 to 10? Here's a look at golf's Next Five.  |
ifeminists May 20, 2003 Kirsten Tynan |
Let Sorenstam Play Unlike Martha Burk, Sorenstam has not tried to force her way into the company of male golfers. She has merely accepted one of many invitations extended to her by tournaments who would all be more than happy to benefit from the excitement and publicity she would bring.  |
Sports Central November 2, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Showing Something Els Ernie Els is an incredibly talented golfer, a gentle giant of a human being, has the perfect attitude for this sport. He also has something that a lot of the Tour's elite seem to lack at times -- heart.  |
Sports Central December 2, 2004 Ryan Ballengee |
The Year That Was in Golf This past golf season was rather anticlimactic on all of the major Tours.  |
Sports Central November 11, 2004 Kevin Beane |
The Rainy Forecast of American Golf The PGA Tour season has anticlimactically come to an end, goes the conventional wisdom ... and here we have yet another case where conventional wisdom is wrong.  |
Sports Central November 6, 2003 Ryan Ballengee |
Why Vijay Cannot Be Player of the Year There is one obvious underlying reason for Singh's slight dismissal of the Player of the Year honor: his personality is abrasive enough to prevent some players for voting for him. But, beyond that, there are several reasons as to why Vijay does not seek Player of the Year.  |
Sports Central January 7, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
PGA Tour Already in Trouble? There are some noticeable absences this week that diminish the quality of the PGA season opener.  |
Sports Illustrated February 29, 2000 |
The Trouble with Tigermania Don't tell the LPGA that Tiger Woods has been great for golf  |
Sports Central May 24, 2007 Will Tidey |
Bryant Ready For Kiawah Challenge For some PGA golfers, life begins at 50. That's how it was for Brad Bryant.  |
Sports Central June 1, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
Under Pressure on the Tour Jerry Pate proved that winning, or the potential to win, is never a dull proposition  |
Sports Central July 19, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
Losing Your Youth Tadd Fujikawa plans to turn pro in approximately two and a half weeks at the PGA Tour's Reno-Tahoe Open.  |
Sports Central January 19, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
Over What Hill? Vijay Singh's success is the ultimate example of the trend in golf toward superior players extending their careers or even improving at the end of a career.  |
Sports Central March 9, 2010 Tom Kosinski |
Tennis, Economic, or Player Recession? I've discussed the current world economic situation and its effect on the professional tennis industry here many times.  |
Sports Illustrated November 22, 2000 Frank Deford |
Privileged existence Alex Rodriguez and Tiger Woods more equal than others. A comment on athletic meritocracy.  |
Sports Central September 14, 2004 Ryan Ballengee |
Vijay's Well-Deserved Recognition Vijay Singh, in the midst of one of the best seasons in PGA Tour history, has officially usurped the world number one ranking from Tiger Woods, at his own tournament, nonetheless.  |
Sports Central June 13, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Show Me the Money: Tiger vs. Jack Fellow golf blogger One-Eyed Golfer must have known that I was going to take him up on his challenge to compare the lifetime earnings of Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus.  |