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Sports Central August 2, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
The Embattled LPGA Commish Nearly a year after she was appointed, the quiet devotion to Carolyn Bivens appears to be evaporating quickly. |
Sports Central April 27, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
A Glorious Saturday A few weeks ago in Las Vegas, the LPGA Takefuji Classic concluded on a Saturday. Although the Takefuji did not set huge ratings records or have a high attendance, the idea to end some LPGA Tour events on Saturday is a good one. |
Sports Illustrated March 14, 2000 Ty Votaw |
My Shot Before you comment on the state of the LPGA, get out of the office and check us out |
Sports Central November 21, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Trump Headlining a Golf Tour a Bad Idea If Trump were to try to challenge the LPGA Tour and build his own women's tour, he would be much more prudent and learn lessons from the U.S. Pro Golf Tour. |
Sports Central June 12, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
Wie's Future Has Plenty of Questions There are a lot of unanswered questions about the Tour's role in Wie withdrawing from the Ginn Tribute. |
Sports Central December 31, 2008 Ryan Ballengee |
How to Make Golf Sponsorship Work The first real gap on the PGA Tour schedule in several years has caused the media community to go on the offensive about the Tour's woes. |
Sports Illustrated February 29, 2000 |
The Trouble with Tigermania Don't tell the LPGA that Tiger Woods has been great for golf |
Sports Illustrated January 23, 2001 Jaime Diaz |
Notebook: Fame or Shame? LPGA Must Decide on Blalock... USGA officials retaliated by removing Palmer's name from the association's 2001 yearbook... |
Sports Central March 24, 2010 Ryan Ballengee |
Tiger, IMG, and PGA Tour: The Battle For Pro Golf in the U.S. The future business model of golf depends on the ability for tours to deliver events with star-studded fields. |
Sports Central November 30, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
The European Tour's Global Impact The Dubai World Championship, played in November each year, will be the richest tournament in professional golf history. |
Sports Central December 2, 2004 Ryan Ballengee |
The Year That Was in Golf This past golf season was rather anticlimactic on all of the major Tours. |
Sports Central February 27, 2008 Ryan Ballengee |
Golf's Version of Pros vs. Joes The supposed difference between players on the professional tours and Sunday hackers is talent. But that is not the reality of the game of golf today. |
Sports Central February 21, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
Golf's Identity Crisis The game of golf is exhibiting signs that it is clearly struggling with the same problems of someone in a midlife crisis. |
Sports Central February 3, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Compromise is Inevitable For PGA Tour While PGA Tour sponsorship is not a $50 million proposition, it is a multi-million dollar proposition. That is the kind of expenditure that draws a critical eye if exposed to the public. |
Sports Central July 12, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Who Were the Ad Wizards? The Western Open is officially dead. |
Sports Illustrated November 28, 2000 Alan Shipnuck |
Extrapolation Nation Instead of talking about overtaking the NFL, the Tour needs to get serious... |
Sports Central December 1, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
Superstar Hypocrisy on the Tour It is hypocritical to cry out that the PGA Tour season is way too long, but then go ahead and play several more events well after the schedule ends. |
Sports Central March 11, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
How to Improve the Golf Season Focusing more on choice players and shortening the golf season will attract more viewers, benefiting golfers, networks and charities. |
Sports Central October 5, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
Michelle Wie Turns Pro: Good Idea? Michelle Wie will become a professional golfer this week at the ripe of age of 16. |
Sports Central January 25, 2010 Ryan Ballengee |
The Inconvenient Ruse of the Independent Contractor There is not a single player inside of the top 35 of the Official World Golf Rankings at the Bob Hope Classic this week. |
Sports Illustrated September 26, 2000 Jaime Diaz |
Is Texas Toast? To be successful these days, a PGA Tour event must have three things: a title sponsor who puts up a big purse, good dates and Tiger Woods. The venerable Texas Open has none of the above, which makes tournament organizers fearful that the 70th Open, played last Sunday, could be one of the last. |
Sports Central June 27, 2007 Jeff Levers |
2007 U.S. Women's Open Preview The next generation of LPGA stars are here and they are ready to take their place at the head table. |
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 Dean Foust |
The PGA Tour: Sand Trap Ahead As it negotiates new TV deals, the Tour finds itself in a weakened position. |
ifeminists May 20, 2003 Kirsten Tynan |
Let Sorenstam Play Unlike Martha Burk, Sorenstam has not tried to force her way into the company of male golfers. She has merely accepted one of many invitations extended to her by tournaments who would all be more than happy to benefit from the excitement and publicity she would bring. |
Sports Central August 31, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Golf and Doping: A Real Possibility The PGA Tour must pilot a drug testing program in 2007 and create a full program for the 2008 season. |
Sports Central October 7, 2008 Ryan Ballengee |
European Tour vs. PGA Tour: Game On? The potential for more appearances on the European Tour by perennial PGA Tour players has the Euro Tour brass and Euro golf media claiming a changing of the guard in golf is eminent. |
Sports Central March 6, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
American Golfing Dominance Over? In very short order, the faces of golf have gotten a lot younger and a lot less American. |
Sports Central May 6, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Ranking the PGA Tour Schedule It has become clear that the PGA Tour is considering the development of a policy that will try to compel its membership -- primarily its best players -- to play in more events with a wider variety. |
Inc. April 1, 2010 J.J. McCorvey |
A New Way to Join the PGA Tour The PGA Tour Club gives members and their guests access to premier golf courses, tournaments, and events. |
Sports Central November 2, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
Show Me the Money (List) The chase for the top 30 on the money list is one of the few times when the Tour season strings together. |
Sports Illustrated October 7, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Overlooking Annika Here's a suggestion sure to grab headlines for Sorenstam. |
Sports Central August 25, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Time For Solheim to Bring on Asia We may have to wait seven years for golf to get into the Olympics, but the Solheim Cup can certainly help showcase the global strength of the game sooner. |
Sports Central June 25, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Is New York City a Must For Majors? The U.S. Open returned last week to New York City -- well, Long Island to be more specific -- for the 2009 edition of the national championship at Bethpage Black. |
Sports Illustrated August 6, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Caddyshack: The Restaurant Is it just me or was the Hackfest at Bigmouth a disaster? It was like the one time in my life I watched NASCAR; I just kept rooting for the wrecks. Good golf? No. Good drama? Not really. Hilarious golf? Yes... |
Sports Illustrated February 25, 2002 Tom Hanson |
Rays of light Young trio provides hope for the future of women's golf... |
Sports Illustrated February 19, 2003 Rick Reilly |
First-Date Advice Tips for Annika Sorenstam on her first time playing a PGA event. |
Sports Illustrated July 20, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Much to Monty's chagrin It appears that Colin Montgomerie is not a candidate to someday take over as host of this erstwhile Mailbag. Monty was as beleaguered as ever in his pre-tournament British Open press interview here, going off on a rant the first time an American reporter asked a question with Tiger Woods in the sentence.... |
Sports Illustrated July 15, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
10 things to think about This week's Big Ten, a collection of random thoughts, observations and road rage about golf. |
Sports Central March 31, 2008 Ryan Ballengee |
The Case For Groove Regulation There has been some suggestion that the USGA may not necessarily have to enact its proposed groove changes that we are still yet to have a final decision on from the governing bodies. |
BusinessWeek December 6, 2004 Mark Hyman |
She Can Swing A Club, Too With rare exceptions, the ladies of the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour are not the sort of half-dressed hotties who fill the pages of laddie magazines. Then there's Natalie Gulbis. |
Sports Central October 23, 2004 Ryan Ballengee |
King of the Links: How to Make Golf Exciting Even as a golf fan and commentator, I find the last few months of the golfing season to be incredibly tedious |
Sports Illustrated April 20, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Taking it easy Dead Zone means vacation time on PGA Tour |
Sports Central May 29, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
The PGA's Head-Scratching Scheduling The PGA Tour is making decisions that negatively impact some of their best events. |
Sports Central December 30, 2015 Marc James |
Why the LPGA Deserves Better Professional golf is one of America's most popular sports, and while men and women do both, women's professional golf must still fight for legitimacy, attention, and dollars most of the time. |
Sports Central August 29, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
FedEx Cup: We Can Rebuild It A list of ideas to improve the PGA Tour and FedEx Cup. |
Sports Central August 2, 2007 Jeff Levers |
LPGA Homecoming: Ricoh's British Open St. Andrews, over 500-years-old and considered to be the birthplace of golf, hosts its first professional tournament for women. |
AskMen.com April 23, 2013 |
Why Belly Putters May Soon Be Banned From Golf When Adam Scott birdied the second playoff hole Sunday at the Masters, he became the fourth winner of the past six major championships to use a belly putter. |
Sports Illustrated February 13, 2001 Jaime Diaz |
The Tour's Mr. Right Almost overnight the game has changed on the PGA Tour because an ever-expanding number of players are driving the ball huge distances, which allows them to attack every pin with shorter irons... |
Sports Illustrated May 11, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Keep an eye on Franco golf Q&A: thin-skin-faced drivers that have not been approved by the USGA?... Tiger Woods supporting the actors' boycott?... Zero Tour... etc. |
Sports Illustrated January 22, 2001 Tom Hanson |
2001 LPGA Fearless Forecast After two weeks of searching, I have finally found my crystal ball. The forecast for the 2001 season may be as surprising as the first two weeks just transpired on tour. Here is what I foresee... |