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For years Tiger Woods was the highest paid athlete in the world with revenues from prize winnings and endorsements approaching $100 million annually. Tiger’s fall from grace has affected his endorsement earnings with major sponsors American Express, Gatorade, Accenture, Gillette, Golf Digest and Tag Heuer dropping him after his sex scandal became public in 2009. Nike has been the one constant...
Published: October 19, 2012
The European tour has made some very big announcements lately, ones which will affect where the world’s best golfers will play in the future. The European Tour announced last week that it will accept membership on a Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup or Seve Trophy team as an official appearance on that tour. They also announced a new tournament for 2013, the Turkish Open, which will have a $7.2-million...
Published: October 15, 2012
The European Tour made two very important announcements last week that may affect the playing schedules for the top players in the golf world. Even Tiger Woods, who has trouble finding 15 free weekends a year to play in PGA events, will want to fuel up the jet and travel around the world to play in European Tour tournaments in 2013. Rory, Lee, Luke, Justin and the rest of the European Tour’s...
Published: October 11, 2012
The European Tour announced this week the addition of the new $7 million Turkish Open to be played in early November next year. Will this induce more PGA Tour members be tempted to try dual membership on the European Tour? Several European Tour members currently reside in the U.S. and play on both the PGA and European Tours. Most notable of that group is Luke Donald, who won the money titles...
Published: October 10, 2012
The European Tour along with the Turkish Golf Federation and Chubby Chandler’s International Sports Management announced that the Turkish Open will be held beginning in 2013 and will offer a $7 million purse. The field for the Turkish Open will be limited to the top 78 players on the European Tour’s money list and will be held the first week of November, 2013 on the Montgomerie Maxx Royal...
Published: October 8, 2012
Silly season has begun in the world of golf. While Turkey and Syria lob bombs at each other, eight of the top golfers in the world will lob golf balls on the Antalya Golf Club this week. Antalya, Turkey is approximately 250 miles west along the Mediterranean Coast from the Turkey/Syria border area that has been the site of some recent, rather unpleasant, problems between the two countries. Tiger...
Published: October 5, 2012
The PGA Tour Fall Series that starts this week with the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open from Las Vegas will completely change in 2013. The tournaments that will be played after the FedEx Cup Playoffs and the Presidents Cup will actually start the 2014 PGA Tour Season. Players will earn FedEx Cup points for 2014 in the 2013 Fall Series. The events that will make up...
Published: October 3, 2012
With the Ryder Cup heading back to Europe, we can start looking ahead to the Presidents Cup that will be held October 1-6, 2013, at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Muirfield Village is the design and home of golf legend Jack Nicklaus. It annually hosts the Memorial golf tournament, and is the only course that has hosted a Ryder Cup, a Solheim Cup and now a Presidents Cup. International...
Published: October 1, 2012
Justin Rose (3-2) and Rory McIlroy (3-2) were the only two Europeans who played in all five sessions at Medinah. Nearly every Team USA member played in four matches except for Jim Furyk (1-2), Dustin Johnson (3-0), Matt Kuchar (2-1) and Brandt Snedeker (1-2), who all played in just three sessions. European captain Jose Maria Olazabal’s pick, Nicolas Colsaerts, only won one match (1-3) but was...
Published: October 1, 2012
Before everyone starts pointing fingers and assigning blame for the USA loss on Sunday, let’s look at the facts. The Americans, led by Captain Davis Love, had built up a four-point lead heading into Sunday singles. Love had been pushing all of the right buttons to forge a large lead after four rounds of team matches. The USA Team was 5-3 in the Foursomes matches. Normally the USA...