PGA Tour Power Play: The Potential Impact of Finchem’s Impending Message

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Published: February 24, 2013

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When the USGA and the R&A announced a proposed anchoring ban back in late November, it seemed a foregone conclusion that they would cruise through the 90-day comment period and quickly finalize the rule change.

The PGA Tour may put a major wrench in those plans, though.

According to a report from Michael Bamberger at Golf.com, commissioner Tim Finchem is going to announce the PGA Tour's opposition to the proposed anchoring ban some time on the NBC telecast of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Sunday afternoon.

This anticipated announcement will come just days before the comment period's Feb. 28 conclusion, and less than a week after Finchem participated in separate conference calls with the Player Advisory Council (PAC) and the PGA Tour Policy Board. The exact details of the latter call are unclear, but it appears that the 12-13 members of the PAC who participated in the communication with Finchem almost unanimously opposed the anchoring ban.

If this last conference call report is true, Finchem's impending announcement makes sense. While the PAC has no voting power on PGA Tour issues, it does carry a great deal of weight on these matters.

The 16-member council represents the voice of the players, and the PAC's recommendations are highly valued by the people who do have the voting power: the nine-member policy board (made up of four player directors, four leading businessmen known as volunteer independent directors and a PGA of America director).

It's pretty simple: If the players are angry about the anchoring ban and the PAC speaks on their behalf, the Tour's policy board, under Finchem's guidance, is going to follow in step and make public its opposition to the ban.



 

Finchem's Strategy of Opposition

Important questions abound here. First and foremost, what opposition exactly is Finchem going to offer?
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