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Shoal Creek Gets Champions Tour Major Tradition
When it was revealed last week that Jeld-Wen would be stepping down as title sponsor of the Champions Tour's The Tradition - one of their five major championships - speculation ran rampant (well, rampant relative to other Champ Tour news) about the future of the event. In Alabama this morning, the...
Senior Players Championship to Offer Free Admission - Is Full Schedule Next?
The fifth major on the Champions Tour calendar is the Senior Players Championship. This year, it moves from Baltimore Country Club to the recently renovated but formerly named TPC Avenel (now called TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm). In an effort to get people out to watch the event, the Champions Tour...
A Little More on Ken Green's Comeback This Weekend
Ken Green's a big bowler. 204 would be a pretty good game of bowling. But Green used his self-described bowling & golfing leg to shoot 204 this weekend in Savannah, Georgia, while playing golf. He and partner Mike Reid went 67-66-71 to shoot 204 and finish T26 at the Liberty Mutual Legends...
Thank The Champions Tour for Fred Couples' Best Ever Masters Round
Watching Fred Couples simply dominate his way around Augusta National today en route to a 66 - his best round ever on this course in more than 20 tries - it was clear what got Couples over the hump. Boom Boom made a slew of putters in that seven to twelve foot range that allowed him to score...
PGA Tour Denies Ken Green's Application for Major Medical Exemption
The PGA Tour has denied Ken Green's request for a major medical exemption, Green said on his blog. Green said that he will not sue the Tour as his only recourse to reverse his denied application. In the blog post, he cites his involvement in the lawsuit between Ping and the PGA Tour that...
Could A PGA Tour Event Have Free Admission?
A few weeks ago, this space was very critical of the PGA Tour and its decision to raise ticket prices by $20 per day for the Northern Trust Open at Riviera. Up against the Superbowl and in sports-apathetic Los Angeles, the move meant dismal attendance for the event. In the end, though, since gate...
Fred Couples at 50+ Could Be the Next Hale Irwin Juggernaut
It is hard to argue against the claim that Hale Irwin is the most dominant Champions Tour player in its history. Since starting on the 50+ junket in the summer of '95 and through 2005 - basically a decade - Irwin owned the tour. In that time span, he notched 44 Champions Tour victories. That...
Golf Channel Re-Inks Analysts & Champ Tour Heads North
A couple of news releases came across my inbox in the last two days that I wanted to pass along. One, Brandel Chamblee and Frank Nobilo signed contract extensions with Golf Channel through 2014. Say what you will about anyone at Golf Channel (since I know you will), but I think these two guys are...
The Decider: Did Watson/Boom-Boom Get You Amped for Champ Tour Action?
The Champ Tour's season opener at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship was a duel between 60 year old Tom Watson and rookie - seriously? - Fred Couples. The Hawaiian backdrop was nice, but the golf was what made the tournament. Couples was closing in on the wiley Watson and had reached him on the...
Will the PGA Tour's International Expansion Spark LPGA-Esque Outrage?
In calendar 2009, the PGA Tour - comprising it and the Champions and Nationwide Tours - has announced a pretty significant expansion plan outside of the United States for next season. On the PGA Tour side, the HSBC Champions event was upgraded to a World Golf Championships event, making it...
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