fall series Stories - Waggle Room
PGA Tour's Gain of McGladrey as Sponsor is PGA of America's Loss
For all of the fanfare surrounding this week's announcement of a new PGA Tour Fall Series event at Sea Island sponsored by RSM McGladrey, it turns out that it results in a loss for the PGA of America. RSM had been sponsoring the PGA of America's Team Championship competition, including its 2009...
The McGladrey Classic Fills PGA Tour Fall Series Gap
The PGA Tour's Fall Series had a serious gap as it had been announced to date. By moving the Turning Stone Championship to a date opposite a World Golf Championship, the Tour needed to replace a new open date. It has done so by announcing the creation of the McGladrey Classic. The $4 million...
2010 PGA Tour Fall Series is Shadow of Its Former Self
When the PGA Tour introduced the FedExCup for the 2007 season, they created the Fall Series as a group of tournaments after the FEC was decided where players could duke it out for positioning on the money list. This was for the rank-and-file and struggling players that needed to get into either...
Could the PGA Tour Fall Series Be Moving Out of the US?
Last week, we talked about the PGA Tour's announcement of a co-sanctioned tournament in Malaysia to be played next October sometime. We speculated why the Tour wasn't receiving the same kind of flack that the LPGA got and gets when it does the same thing, though on a larger scale. Further, I...
Orlando Sentinel Dropping the Ball on Covering This Week's Event...IN ORLANDO
Our good pal Sal Johnson at Golf Observer dropped me a line to bring something to my attention. The Orlando Sentinel - former employer of personal fave writer Steve Elling - has almost zero coverage of this week's season-ending PGA Tour event in Orlando. How the Orlando Sentinel could simply...
What To Do When God Pees on Your Golf Tournament
Clearly, we have angered our God. He is storming like mad on Annandale CC in Mississippi so that the Viking Classic can't even get started. It might not even get off of the ground at all. Maybe He wants David Duval to think about it some more. Maybe He just hates Mississippi. Or is the...
Is A Fall Series Invitational Event Coming? Bad Idea Jeans.
The Hearld in Monterey County, CA, has a story originally reported by Bill Huffman at AZGolf.org that the just-completed Frys.com Open will not only move to a new venue in 2010, but also will become an invitational tournament. The report is based part on grumblings, but also on a 2008 (the paper...
Phil Mickelson Thinks the PGA Tour Season is Over
Lefty's in Singapore for a $3 million appearance fee sponsor obligation the Barclays Singapore Open and he's over there because I think his fax machine at home only got him the FedExCup part of the schedule. "Our season in the US has been shortened and that allows many of the top players to play...
Why Justin Timberlake is Good For Golf
...or Happy Gilmore As An Allegory for Pro Golf, Volume 26 Despite his clear problem with anger management, Happy Gilmore brings people to the game of golf in droves. In fact, he is such a moneymaker for the Tour that Commissioner Doug Thompson has no choice but to overlook the outbursts. "That...
Also-Ran PGA Tour Events Feeling Worst Pinch
Think about the 2009 PGA Tour schedule for a minute. What events are in most trouble? What are the ones that are losing sponsorship? Consider these items: The AT&T Classic at Sugarloaf is not on the 2009 schedule because of a weak field and tough economy in which AT&T would be...
Showing 1 - 10 of 17 Next
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
