The PGA Tour Has a Winning Problem

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Published: April 30, 2014

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Despite a complete nosedive in television ratings every time Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are absent from a tournament, the PGA Tour has been attempting to convince the general public that professional golf is in a great place with a new crop of “up-and-coming stars.”

At times, it can even feel as if the PGA Tour’s push for this “next generation” of “stars” is more to convince itself and its sponsors of a bright post-Woods future than it is to convince the general public to tune in and watch Matt Kuchar rack up yet another top-10 finish.

While there is no question that the PGA Tour does possess some talented young players, the tour’s biggest problem right now comes down to winning.

It is difficult to market these talented young players as golf’s next generation of stars when they simply do not win golf tournaments.

How can the tour possibly attempt to use Rickie Fowler as the face of any marketing materials when the guy has won just one PGA Tour event in five years as a pro?

Jordan Spieth has moved up to seventh in the Official World Golf Ranking and has recently become the ringleader of this new “young gun” craze with his whopping one PGA Tour win at the extremely weak-fielded John Deere Classic.

Jason Day is ranked sixth in the Official World Golf Ranking but has just two PGA Tour wins in eight years on tour.

Keegan Bradley is 27 years old and hasn’t added to his three-win career total since August of 2012.

Webb Simpson is 28 years old and has four PGA Tour wins. However, two of those wins came at very weak-fielded events (the Wyndham Championship and the Shriners Hospital for Children Open, which is a Fall Series event).

Hunter Mahan is 31 years old and has just five PGA Tour wins in 12 years on tour.

Harris English has two PGA Tour wins, both of which have come at glorifi...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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