UPDATE: Creamer Reveals New LPGA Event in Malaysia, LPGA Confirms
by Ryan Ballengee on Mar 1, 2010 3:01 PM EST
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A lot of news breaks on Twitter. As a blogger, sometimes you can break news by paying close attention to the people on Twitter that actually can make news. About.com's Brent Kelley did just that by catching Paula Creamer's dispatch from Saturday afternoon. (I was playing poker in Atlantic City on Saturday, but sleeping when this came out.)
The Malaysia Star has run a story on the to-be-officially-announced event, that was first reported by Asian Golf Daily. They're saying it will be called the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, played October 22-24 in Kuala Lumpur. The field will consist of the top 50 on the LPGA Tour money list, plus ten sponsor exemptions. IMG (surprise!) will run the event.
We await official word from Daytona Beach, but here, here on Paula's call for more events in the USA.
UPDATE 3/1/10 3:00pm ET: The LPGA Tour made it official today with the launch of the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia.
From the release:
The new LPGA tournament, to be held at least through 2012 per the three-year agreement, will feature the top 50 LPGA members from the Official Money List, along with 10 sponsor’s exemptions. The 54-hole stroke play event with no cut will ensure that fans – many of whom will be viewing an LPGA event live for the first time – can catch all of their favorite stars in action throughout the weekend.
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Giving credit where credit is due
I don't remember
on which blog, but IMG was running another event, I think in China, and they were looking for a title sponsor…I said than, that IMG had deep pockets, and if they want to run an event, they should sponsor it….besides, they have so many pros in their stable, they need to do something to keep the bears fed so to speak…..STUB
I wasn't precisely 1st
Asian Gold Daily was 1st and I just copied the link. What Brent did was seek independent confirmation of the AGD story, which is why John Strege at Local Knowledge and Ryan here are giving him the credit that’s due to him.
by The Constructivist on Feb 15, 2010 3:19 PM EST reply actions
yeesh, that's "Asian Golf Daily"
trying to type too fast—sorry
by The Constructivist on Feb 15, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
The "Asian Gold Daily" reminds us
how often Asian women take home the golf trophies.
what I would like to know is...
…what Creamer’s source was. Does she read Mostly Harmless? Asian Golf Daily? Or did some sponsor—or LPGA HQ—leak something?
by The Constructivist on Feb 15, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
as an LPGA member
do you think she just might have a little inside information? could the sponsor/tour have asked for her commitment to play before the announcement was made? for some reason i think insiders just might have access to information before bloggers.
Truth has a well-known liberal bias.
IMG
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by Ryan Ballengee on Feb 15, 2010 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
TC, honestly, the reason I credited Brent was because it was the first person I saw with the story. No slight to you intended.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Feb 15, 2010 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
For the good of the game,
can anyone tell me why those 8-10 events Paula wants have to be in the US ? Why not global ?
Easing it’s because it’s because the LPGA is a U.S.based tour with a strong global component. There will continue to be global expansion i’m sure, but the majority of events will always be played in the U.S., as it should be.
30 years ago, perhaps..
there will come a time when a home tour is seen as stop on a world one, like any other world sport,
The LPGA is simply following what the mens European tour has been doing
to combat the Mens US tour. But there must come a time when tours combine to make a global tour. The steps have already been taken, ie world ranking points, world events. Once these are played overseas more, this trend will only increase. Golf isn’t like baseball or the NFL, it’s worldwide like tennis and should be played thus.
and how many tournaments does the Euro and LET play in this hemisphere aside from majors and WGC’s ? Last count, it was none – but you keep telling the LPGA that they need to play all around the world. European and LET events generally don’t get played more than 6 or 7 hours from European time zones. You want the LPGA to play 12 hours and more away from the three US time zones.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
I agree Court
Just as the LET is euro based and the Japan tour is japan based and so on, so to is the LPGA U.S. based. The best players already come here to play anyway, so what good would forming a global tour with the others accomplish? Nothing, because the LPGA, while being a U.S. based tour, is a de facto global tour already. The other tours aren’t even close when it comes to the resources the LPGA has, in addition to the purses the LPGA can command overseas as well. What will happen is that the top players will continue to play on the LPGA with occasional joint ventures with the LET and KLPGA and JLPGA, as it should be.
Time zones are interesting.
Eastern Europe have to watch top European stars playing in the US 12 hours on the West coast. Europe has 3 time zones as well. Even here in England the Masters finishes well past midnight. When the Euro tour play in the far east it’s 6 am here. So, as the Top Euro players play a lot of their golf overseas, why not the Americans ? I’m calling for a level playing field. Nice and cozy playing almost all of your golf in your home tour. When the WGC’s are abroad, the turnout is poorer as some Americans won’t travel. Yes, I think the womens game would be better served as a world tour..The Creamers and Kerrs would improve IMO…and I think the mens tour will do the same within 10 years. The LPGA, PGA, European PGA wouldn’t exist as they do today. As things are, I agree with the LPGA being American based, but thats changing fast. For Creamer to want 10 more events in the US is understandable, but short sighted as far as a true world tour is concerend. Also, why should just American fans see all the golf ? Fans of the game are world wide and the game should be spread thus.
a level playing field ??
so now you want to force players to play an even number of tournaments around the world – even though they are (more or less) independent contractors inside their respective Tours ? You’re defining Socialism – equal distribution of misery.
Do you think the LPGA WANTS to have to set up tournaments in Asia to the extent they are right now ? Don’t you think the Euro Tour players would LOVE to have the weather and financial backing to play from the North Sea down to northern Africa only ?
HAVING to travel to all those places off the continent is not easy on these players. It’s not pleasure travel. It is very expensive and rough on the body.
This “fairness doctrine” you’re pushing is the same nonsense we’re having to put up with Obama. You may like it in the UK, but it doesn’t fly over here…and thenumber of top players from around the world who agree with me backs me up. The money is better here – the travel is easier…at least right now. If it flips completely next year and the European Tour all of a sudden had twice the money the US Tour has, then players would start applying for European Tour cards.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
The LPGA would love to have all, or most of their tournaments in the US, but that is not going to happen soon, if at all. They have to go where the sponsors and the money wants them. That is Asia right now and maybe for a while to come. Golf is a global game and will be played more and more at the professional level, away from a players base camp, wherever that may be. That is and will be, part and parcel of being a touring pro.
Play it as it lies
Exactly !! The LPGA is not a “world tour”. They are a professional golf tour BASED in the US that is having to find places away from the US to host tournaments. The LPGA also happens to be the home to the best women’s tour in the world and the highest paying.
Golf is a world game. The LPGA, PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, Champions Tour, Euro Tour, LET, JLPGA, KLPGA are NOT world organizations.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Don't bring Obama into it..
You say HAVING to travel to all those places off the continent is not easy on these players. By that I take it you mean Americans. Because thats just what the rest of the world HAS to do. Many have families back home, just like Mickleson.This is what I mean by a level playing field. If we are going to have WGC events lets have them around the world. Or, you can go backward 40 years when the PGA tour was just about Americans with the odd Brit or South African getting stick for taking American money from American players.
hey WAIT a minute !!
are you saying Americans are soft ?? (dem’s fightin’ woids) :-D
no – I mean anybody who takes on that schedule – not just Americans. Travelling across all those continents and time zones is brutal.
The WGC events aren’t public property or property of a particular tour – they are business oriented and go where they draw the most money. Right now, that’s the US. There used to be two played outside the US and they both bombed.
I wasn’t playing golf 40 years ago, so I don’t remember anybody complaining about a non-American golfer “taking American money from American players.” The only thing I remember are the Player’s and Trevino’s being talked about as great champions – not “foreigners taking American money.” Not sure where you got that from.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Jackilin got that, as did Player
playing on the PGA tour. Not from the Nicklauses and Palmers…but the ones struggling to keep their card.Tell Fincham the PGA tour does not "own " WGC’s…they would be abroad more if Americans would be willing to travel more. On that note, because the PGA tour is the main tour, naturally I mean Americans…they don’t have to travel…and yes, the reverse would be true if it was Europe as the main tour. On the fightin’ woids, buy me a few drinks, I won’t feel the pain as much ! :)
you get another 'F' CG
Lee Trevino was born in Dallas, Texas.
Placebos, of course, are things you have to swallow even though they contain nothing that actually helps you. It's like American health insurance in a pill. -BiPM
No doubt. The only REAL “Supermex” on tour is Lorena.
Placebos, of course, are things you have to swallow even though they contain nothing that actually helps you. It's like American health insurance in a pill. -BiPM
True, but she is actually Mexican
so that qualifies her. Lee was born and raised in the US, so he’s not Mexican, regardless of what nickname he was given.
Placebos, of course, are things you have to swallow even though they contain nothing that actually helps you. It's like American health insurance in a pill. -BiPM
Sorry D,
Lee was and is 100% Mexican heritage….on both sides of the isle…the fact that he was born in the US is inconsequential…It’s the blood that counts….STUB
OK, good. Let's see where your logic takes us.
So, let’s say both sets of your grandparents emigrated to the US from Ireland. Your parents married and you were the result. You are Irish, not American, because it’s blood that counts.
Placebos, of course, are things you have to swallow even though they contain nothing that actually helps you. It's like American health insurance in a pill. -BiPM
He is American of Mexican heritage.
When he grew up, he probably was not accepted as an American at that time. He always called himself a Mexican…could be why.
Social sanctions for having the “wrong blood” (I can’t tell you how disgusted I am by that phrase) mean more than citizenship in wing-nut folly land.
Placebos, of course, are things you have to swallow even though they contain nothing that actually helps you. It's like American health insurance in a pill. -BiPM
I hope you’re not thinking that things like that only happen in America…even though it sounds like it. Social sanctions in the US, as you call them, are paper balls compared to what people in other countries go through. Doesn’t make it right – but other countries “Sticks and Stones” turn into bullets and bombs.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
It happens in some places, doesn’t happen in others. Unfortunately we’re a long way from the day when character means more than “blood.”
By the way, sticks and stones can kill or maim and bullets and bombs aren’t exclusive to those other countries.
Placebos, of course, are things you have to swallow even though they contain nothing that actually helps you. It's like American health insurance in a pill. -BiPM
Eas – you live close enough to Ireland to know that it doesn’t have to be race – Catholics and Protestants have been killing each other for centuries just in that area alone.
People can find all kinds of idiotic reasons not to get along…seems like most come down to fear or jealousy.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
one more thing
Your response makes it seem like you think it’s OK. It’s not OK.
Placebos, of course, are things you have to swallow even though they contain nothing that actually helps you. It's like American health insurance in a pill. -BiPM
you mean aside from that part of the sentence I wrote that says “doesn’t make it right” ? :-)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
yep
I get an ‘F’ in reading comp. this time.
Placebos, of course, are things you have to swallow even though they contain nothing that actually helps you. It's like American health insurance in a pill. -BiPM
Amazing.
When I mentioned a world tour and a level playing field, ie, all players traveling around the globe, we got into race and religion. I’m just having a pint of real ale as I type…just thought I’d raise a glass to my fellow bloggers…cheers !
don’t worry too mucy, Eas – D and I are like little kids in the back seat of their parents car…“He’s on MY SIDE !!” “Nuh-uh – she’s on my side !!”
The last thing either of us would want is to distract you from a nice warm…errr…cold pint. ;-)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Yikes. That could be misread.
I meant it a s a compliment.
by TXQ on Mar 2, 2010 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, worse yet, all the nobodies
would’ve taken it as a compliment.
by TXQ on Mar 2, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
ummm...
You get an ‘F’ in geography, CG. The lower 48 have four time zones (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific). Alaska time and Hawaii-Aleutian time make a total of six US time zones.
Placebos, of course, are things you have to swallow even though they contain nothing that actually helps you. It's like American health insurance in a pill. -BiPM
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