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Could the College Megaconference Have A Title Sponsor?
Remember how stunning it was when FedEx committed $35 million per season in a bonus pool designed to create playoffs in golf? FedEx jumped from a typical title sponsor to a new tier of investment in a sport. It proved that FedEx is willing to throw some cash around if it sees something that it...
Cog Hill Reminded Me Why I Like 2009 Tiger Better Than The '00 Model
After Woods began to work with Hank Haney, Tiger didn't stop winning at the same pace he had when working with Butch Harmon. He won 32 titles with Butch between 1999 and 2003. With Haney, he has won 31 times with one event remaining on the Tour schedule to tie the five year tally with Harmon....
I Sure Hope You Love The FedEx Cup Cause The LPGA Tour Is Next
Jon Show is doing some serious sleuthing at Sports Business Journal. He obtained a proposal for the ultimate in sponsorships - "ownership of the entire LPGA [Tour] season." The structure sounds an awful lot like the FedEx Cup or its poorer cousin, The Race to Dubai. [T]he sponsorship provides...
Quit Yer Bitchin' - They're Called Playoffs for a Reason
Just a few short years ago, I could have predicted everything Woods would say in response to inane and useless questions - kind of like the Sarah Palin Quote Generator. Now, though, I just don't know anymore. Tiger Woods' presser yesterday was actually kind of revealing. He implied that Liberty...
This Time It Counts! Let's Try The FedEx Cup For A Third Time
It's that time of year again! No, not the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Rather, the kvetching about the format of the FedEx Cup playoffs! We have arrived at the third iteration of the Playoffs and seemingly no one is still happy about the format - not even the two guys that have won an easy $10 million...
Michael Sim Deserves To Be In The Barclays
It may have taken longer than he had hoped, but Michael Sim finally earned his Battlefield Promotion (to be PC, Three Win Promotion) on the Nationwide Tour by winning the confusingly named Christmas in October Classic on Sunday. He prevailed by two strokes over Josh Teater. To get that promotion,...
Greenbrier Resort to Host & Sponsor New PGA Tour Stop
Yesterday, the PGA Tour made official what has been reported by Golfweek since late July: the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia will host and sponsor the Tour event that will replace the now defunct Buick Open. The announcement was made in Akron, Ohio, before the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. The...
Come for the Journey Concert, Stay for the Tour Championship
After having its Tour Championship be meaningless in deciding the winner of the FedEx Cup in each of its two years so far, the PGA Tour is hedging its bets in Atlanta this season. They're offering a package for golf fans to buy tickets to the Tour Championship at East Lake AND get to see a benefit...
A PGA Tour Ranking System That Works
We've talked here a lot about the bias in the Official World Golf Rankings, the structure of the FedEx Cup, and how to rank players and tournaments. That in mind, I started tinkering with a ranking system for the PGA Tour that could accomplish the following: Properly weight tournaments by their...
Loose Lips Sink Ships - The PGA Tour Players Survey is Out
Each year, SI/golf.com conducts a survey of PGA Tour players and it usually reveals some interesting results. Last year, we found out that a lot of guys want Kelly Tilghman removed from the booth among other things. This year, we get some likewise revealing sentiment on Tour. For all of you...
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