Charitable Choi Back To Defend
Hello. Just found out KJ Choi, last year's Greensboro champion, gave 10% of his $900,000 cheque to an area church. What a great gesture! And word has it he'll do the same thing if he wins this year. Since he shot 67 today, and is still in contention, here's hoping Choi will come through.
Lee Trevino said in an interview the main reason young Americans weren't winning on the PGA Tour was the top 125 being exempt for next year. Because of this, the new young players don't get as much opportunity to play on the big stage, meaning they don't get experience, meaning they have less chance to win and less chance to retain their cards. This sentiment was echoed by Johnny Miller in his book "I Call The Shots". Both Miller and Trevino suggested lowering the number to the 90-100 range. I assume they would also like to do away with the "Top 50 Career Money List" exemption that Mark O'Meara and others have used in the past.
While I'm in favour of these changes, I don't think it will cure the winless problem. Eric Axley and DJ Trahan have won the last two tournaments. Meanwhile, Charles Howell III, Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia and others have won lots of money, but no tournaments in 2006.
What I would do to get more winners is make winning more important. Maybe double the winner's purses, and cut the other cheques in half. In that way, the winless guys mentioned above wouldn't be as content as they are money-wise from earnings. Of course, anyone with any kind of name on the PGA Tour gets way more money in endorsements. If I were corporations, I'd cut this severely in the wake of what Tiger has done. Why pay someone that kind of money if they're so far from the top?
These guys are good. The question is, do they even want to be great?
Regards,
Steve
Lee Trevino said in an interview the main reason young Americans weren't winning on the PGA Tour was the top 125 being exempt for next year. Because of this, the new young players don't get as much opportunity to play on the big stage, meaning they don't get experience, meaning they have less chance to win and less chance to retain their cards. This sentiment was echoed by Johnny Miller in his book "I Call The Shots". Both Miller and Trevino suggested lowering the number to the 90-100 range. I assume they would also like to do away with the "Top 50 Career Money List" exemption that Mark O'Meara and others have used in the past.
While I'm in favour of these changes, I don't think it will cure the winless problem. Eric Axley and DJ Trahan have won the last two tournaments. Meanwhile, Charles Howell III, Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia and others have won lots of money, but no tournaments in 2006.
What I would do to get more winners is make winning more important. Maybe double the winner's purses, and cut the other cheques in half. In that way, the winless guys mentioned above wouldn't be as content as they are money-wise from earnings. Of course, anyone with any kind of name on the PGA Tour gets way more money in endorsements. If I were corporations, I'd cut this severely in the wake of what Tiger has done. Why pay someone that kind of money if they're so far from the top?
These guys are good. The question is, do they even want to be great?
Regards,
Steve
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