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Increased Television Intrusion Sparks Great Debate

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- The PGA Tour likes the idea of making its game more appealing on television. It should. TV money -- the bulk coming from broadcast partners NBC and CBS -- generate more than half of the tour's total revenue. Estimates indicate television provided $268.1 million of the PGA Tour's total revenue of...

Tiger Woods, Not Taxpayers Will Pay for His Appearance at TPC Sawgrass

Tiger Woods' decision to speak to the nation from PGA Tour Headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida last Friday was by design. It was familiar territory for Woods, a few hours from his Orlando home, but more than that, his handlers could control the setting. Share Tiger, like a presidential candidate, doesn't...

Golf Business Feels the Boom

It was reported earlier this month that the business of professional golf is slumping. Spending by North American companies on golf sponsorships is projected to drop 3.7 percent this year.A study conducted by IEG, an arm of advertising giant WPP Pic, speculates U.S. and Canadian-based companies will spend $1.31 billion in...

John Daly Is Coming to America, Will Play St. Jude Championship

John Daly is a lot like Johnny Depp: born in the South, in his 40s, loves kicking it in Europe, and now, thanks to lap-band surgery, looks unreasonably thin (well, relative to the old JD, anyway). And while he has yet to bust out the pirate ensemble (although I suspect it'll soon be in the rotation), he enjoys dressing up...

Ty Votaw News From the Web

04/09/12 They're missing it bigtime under new management in... Source: CBSSports.com Let's say you operated a lower-tier PGA Tour event, held at one of the smallest towns on the circuit, opposite one of golf's Grand Slam events.