ty votaw Stories - Waggle Room
NASCAR Now Accepts Blogs; Is the PGA Tour Next?
A big thanks to Geoff Shackelford for pointing me to Bill King's piece in Sports Business Journal on the disappearing ranks of NASCAR and golf beat writers. King takes a look at the impact of having fewer beat writers committed to both sports. First, take a gander at the handful of organizations...
Golf Blogs and the Golf Industry
Jon Show of the Sports Business Journal takes a deep look into the golf industry in this week's Sports Business Journal. He has a series of articles that we'll take a look at over the next couple of days here, but I wanted to start with his article on golf blogs in light of the vigorous discussion...
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,...
Golf in the Olympics: Presentation Day
Do you remember the day in 4th grade when you had to give your quarterly science project presentation? It was probably about the water cycle or something like that. But, you sat around all period hoping that maybe it would spill over to the next day and you would have JUST ONE MORE DAY to...
Votaw: "While the proposed framework was favorably received by the Policy Board..."
You know that a quotation beginning that way couldn't mean good things for the proposed FedEx Cup 3.0 that we talked about yesterday (and a few days ago, too). It's not necessarily bad either. Well, take a look for yourself at what Ty Votaw said of the PGA Tour Policy Board meeting discussing FEC...
Olympic Golf Non-Update Update
The folks at the International Golf Federation - the body that promotes global amateur golf and the current bid to get golf into the 2016 Olympics - provided a press release with an update on their activities. Basically, Ty Votaw got everyone together at the World Amateur Team Championship in...
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