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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...
Is Stanford Financial Going to Be the Next Ginn?
The New York Times has a piece detailing something that professional golf fans really have to hope is just a passing storm. Stanford Financial - sponsor of Eagles for St. Jude, the season ending LPGA event, and the wildly popular Tennessee event at Southwind - is under investigation by the federal...
Good Night, SBS Open. Hello New LPGA TV Deal!
Ron Sirak broke the news last night - at least according to the Golf World email that I received - that the LPGA has brokered a new Korean TV deal. The current partner Seoul Broadcasting System, sponsor of this week's SBS Open at Turtle Bay, did not get the deal. Instead J Golf, a subsidiary of...
Golf Industry Pulling for LPGA Tour
The LPGA Tour makes its season debut this week under a pretty big economic cloud. One-third of the schedule has title sponsorships that have to be renegotiated and finalized before 2010. There are four fewer events and about $8 million less in prize money. Annika is gone, though her specter...
Some Players Warming to PGA Tour 1 in 4 Rule
Rex Hoggard has a look at the players' meeting that happened on Tuesday at Torrey Pines. Lance Barrow of CBS Sports (and former 19th Hole guest) was the keynote speaker. He emphasized the calls from Tim Finchem to really interact with fans and sponsors more. Hoggard has a good summary of the...
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...
LPGA Comment on Ginn Situation
I spoke with the LPGA Tour today to get an update or comment on the Ginn situation. I received a statement attributed to Carolyn Bivens. "We are extremely disappointed and surprised by yesterday's announcement by the Ginn Company that they have terminated all sponsorships in professional golf,...
More on Ginn Dropping Its Sponsorship
Reader rcrusoe posted the news from the AP that Ginn was dropping its golf sponsorship portfolio immediately on the LPGA and Champions Tours. That means that the Ginn Open is out on the LPGA Tour side and the Ginn Championship Hammock Beach is done on the Champions Tour - though still on the...
2009 LPGA Tour Schedule Announced
Today, the LPGA Tour unveiled its 2009 schedule. Golf News Net has a piece up detailing the key changes between this year's schedule and 2008. Among them are: Appoximately $7 million less total prize money Three events off of the schedule, with the addition of a previously played event The...
PGA Tour Sponsor Issues Grow
In Tim Finchem's interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, he hinted that the PGA Tour will not be immune from the financial crisis and global economic downturn. Duh. Now, we get some more specifics courtesy of Sports Biz Journal's Jon Show. And the sponsors discussed are big...
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