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IMG & Octagon Can't Buy LPGA Tour, But Will Happily Run It
In the midst of Bivenswatch '09, I wondered in this space if IMG or Octagon - owners, operators, or managers of a vast percentage of the LPGA Tour schedule - would be interested in taking over the LPGA Tour, or spinning its events off into its own Tour. Well, as Jon Show in SBJ tells us, neither...
Pepper to LPGA: Adjust Business Practices
It is not a secret in the golf world that Dottie Pepper is not a fan of LPGA Tour Commissioner Carolyn Bivens. Pepper is one of the more outspoken players in the Tour's history. ("Choking freaking dogs!") So, it comes as no surprise that Dottie has a response to the LPGA's...
LPGA Realigns Organization; Chris Higgs is Out
Jon Show has the news from a LPGA Tour news release about organizational realignment. You know when words like those are combined together that some bad things are happening. Chris Higgs, the Chief Operating Officer (and cheerleader for the LPGA in bad and good times), is out. That leaves Deputy...
Your 2009 LPGA Tour Schedule Preview
UPDATE: The 2009 LPGA Tour Schedule has been announced. Golf News Net has the details. On Wednesday, the LPGA Tour will announce its 2009 season schedule. Most observers are expecting a lot of missing names and TBDs on the schedule compared to this season. Jon Show offers his preview that...
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