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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. |
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 May 26, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Why the PGA's FedEx Cup is Empty The more I find out about how the FedEx Cup is shaping up, the more discouraged I become about the potential value of this series. |
Sports Central May 5, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
Is the PGA Giving Up Too Soon? With 70% of the teams or individuals qualifying for the first round of playoffs, the PGA Tour FedEx Cup doesn't really begin until the second round. |
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 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 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 January 7, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
PGA Tour Already in Trouble? There are some noticeable absences this week that diminish the quality of the PGA season opener. |
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 Central August 26, 2008 Ryan Ballengee |
The PGA's FedEx Cup Conundrum Through making the changes it did from one season to the next, the Tour has proven that the FedEx Cup lacks identity. |
Sports Central July 12, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Who Were the Ad Wizards? The Western Open is officially dead. |
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 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 March 28, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Measuring a Man's Worth How much is PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem really worth for his contribution to the Tour? |
Sports Central January 18, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
FedEx Cup: Delivering Results? In the eyes of the creators of the golf FedEx Cup, the Mercedes-Benz Championship and Sony Open are basically worth the same in FedEx points. Why? |
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. |
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 |
How the PGA Schedule Lines Up Here's a list of tournaments on the calendar -- along with our best guess as to which events might see a change of date or venue: Jan. 4-7, Mercedes Championships... Jan. 11-14, Sony Open... etc. |
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 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 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 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 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 Illustrated November 28, 2000 Alan Shipnuck |
Extrapolation Nation Instead of talking about overtaking the NFL, the Tour needs to get serious... |
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 June 13, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Show Me the Money: Tiger vs. Jack Fellow golf blogger One-Eyed Golfer must have known that I was going to take him up on his challenge to compare the lifetime earnings of Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. |
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 April 27, 2004 Ryan Ballengee |
The PGA Train Needs Coal For the PGA Tour to continue its seven-year run of increased attendance and mainstream popularity, at least one young gun, like Tiger Woods, has to become a consistent challenger on Tour. |
Sports Central March 3, 2005 Kevin Beane |
The Triumphant Return of Jaidee Why the European Tour runs as good a golf organization as the PGA, and for far less money. |
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 Central August 10, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
Why Tiger Needs to Win at Hazeltine Has Tiger set the bar so high for himself that winning any tournament that isn't a major has become irrelevant? |
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 April 14, 2008 Joe Boesch |
The Masters of Golf The Masters is not so much about winning the money ($7.25 million purse), but about the privileges that come along with it such as an invitation to play in the other three major championship events. |
Sports Central November 11, 2004 Kevin Beane |
The Rainy Forecast of American Golf The PGA Tour season has anticlimactically come to an end, goes the conventional wisdom ... and here we have yet another case where conventional wisdom is wrong. |
Sports Central December 7, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Tigermania 2.0: How This All Will Help Golf Because of Tiger Woods' accident, rumor mill, and subsequent confession, golf has never had more eyes even indirectly affixed on it. |
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 June 18, 2008 Ryan Ballengee |
How to Beat Tiger Woods Why is it that unknowns can challenge Woods in the majors and the supposed best players in the world cannot? |
Sports Central October 3, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
Captain Tiger Woods? Tiger Woods should become the Ryder Cup captain in 2010. |
Sports Illustrated August 28, 2000 Jaime Diaz |
Chat Reel: SI's Jaime Diaz If I were god of golf ... |
Sports Central May 16, 2005 Vincent Musco |
A Look at Golf's Next Five Most followers of the PGA Tour can easily name the top five players in the world, but who can identify players ranked 6 to 10? Here's a look at golf's Next Five. |
Sports Central September 14, 2004 Ryan Ballengee |
Vijay's Well-Deserved Recognition Vijay Singh, in the midst of one of the best seasons in PGA Tour history, has officially usurped the world number one ranking from Tiger Woods, at his own tournament, nonetheless. |
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 August 9, 2004 Ryan Ballengee |
A Lot on the Line The majors season is quickly coming to a dramatic close. And there are a number of prevalent storylines for the week ahead at the PGA Championship in Wisconsin |
Sports Illustrated September 28, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Casey's case PGA Tour on nothing more than a costly witch-hunt |
Sports Illustrated October 19, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Presidents Cup pluses The Ryder Cup could stand to borrow a few ideas from its half-brother, the Presidents Cup. The daily draft during which the Presidents Cup captains match up the next round's pairings is a fun dose of strategy, part golf, part chess... |
Sports Illustrated August 28, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Euro tour deserters The shrewdest comment from the NEC Invitational at Firestone Country Club came from Philip Price of Wales. He played his way into contention on the weekend and, believe it or not, was asked about chasing Tiger Woods. |
Sports Central November 2, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Showing Something Els Ernie Els is an incredibly talented golfer, a gentle giant of a human being, has the perfect attitude for this sport. He also has something that a lot of the Tour's elite seem to lack at times -- heart. |
Sports Illustrated August 22, 2000 Mark Brown |
My Shot I came to the PGA feeling like a fish out of water but left primed for the Tour's Q school |
Sports Central January 19, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
Over What Hill? Vijay Singh's success is the ultimate example of the trend in golf toward superior players extending their careers or even improving at the end of a career. |
Sports Central May 24, 2007 Will Tidey |
Bryant Ready For Kiawah Challenge For some PGA golfers, life begins at 50. That's how it was for Brad Bryant. |
Sports Illustrated February 29, 2000 |
The Trouble with Tigermania Don't tell the LPGA that Tiger Woods has been great for golf |