PGA Tour Gets A Taste of Its Own Medicine
Hello. Well, what a role reversal. Everyone seems to have an opinion of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson skipping the Tour Championship this week. Some seem to justify Woods and Mickelson's decision. Geoof Ogilvy summed it up best by saying these two guys are the main reason the players are playing for the money they are now.
The majority seem to fall into the "I can't believe the guys aren't there" category. An event where just showing up gets you $100,000 seems like one you should be attending. I certainly would. A player like Ernie Els, who qualified on his last putt, is happy to be there. Yet Tiger and Phil aren't going to come.
This is of course nothing new for Phil. He's skipped the Tour Championship and the Mercedes Championship before. He wants to be with his family, which is understandable to this father. I wouldn't mind playing Kapalua again however.
Tiger is in new territory, however, as he's been to the previous Tour Championships. Then again, the guys has just finished winning 8 out of 15 events this year. He maybe knows what he's doing. He's got the money title and Player of the Year wrapped up. Why bother going? As I wrote earlier this year, Tiger is probably going to be a part-time player from now on, playing the minimum number of PGA events he can play.
Do I feel sorry for Coca-Cola and Mercedes? No more so than sponsors at other tourneys. If you want to get the qualified players to show up, maybe write it into your contract that you'll disappear if they don't come. That could get someone's attention.
Obviously next year the Fedex Cup will have significantly more money than the Tour Championship this year, so it may get the big guys to come. May. While they say they are, I can't believe they'll play that many events in such a short period.
Well PGA Tour, I guess you know how the Canadian Open and others feel now. Not very good, huh? It's time to review your schedules and events, before no-shows are even more commonplace.
Regards,
Steve
The majority seem to fall into the "I can't believe the guys aren't there" category. An event where just showing up gets you $100,000 seems like one you should be attending. I certainly would. A player like Ernie Els, who qualified on his last putt, is happy to be there. Yet Tiger and Phil aren't going to come.
This is of course nothing new for Phil. He's skipped the Tour Championship and the Mercedes Championship before. He wants to be with his family, which is understandable to this father. I wouldn't mind playing Kapalua again however.
Tiger is in new territory, however, as he's been to the previous Tour Championships. Then again, the guys has just finished winning 8 out of 15 events this year. He maybe knows what he's doing. He's got the money title and Player of the Year wrapped up. Why bother going? As I wrote earlier this year, Tiger is probably going to be a part-time player from now on, playing the minimum number of PGA events he can play.
Do I feel sorry for Coca-Cola and Mercedes? No more so than sponsors at other tourneys. If you want to get the qualified players to show up, maybe write it into your contract that you'll disappear if they don't come. That could get someone's attention.
Obviously next year the Fedex Cup will have significantly more money than the Tour Championship this year, so it may get the big guys to come. May. While they say they are, I can't believe they'll play that many events in such a short period.
Well PGA Tour, I guess you know how the Canadian Open and others feel now. Not very good, huh? It's time to review your schedules and events, before no-shows are even more commonplace.
Regards,
Steve
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