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LPGA takes shortcut to Minor League Tour
Friday July 20, 2007 | 14:58:43 213 words, 1665 views
While bouncing around the major magazine golf sites this morning, I came across some wag’s response to a news item:
By my way of thinking, this is a move of near-brilliance, wherein Commissioner Carolyn Bivens and the LPGA Tour need not invest the time and energy to develop their own tour. Instead, they acquire the Futures Tour, a series that moves through Florida, Texas, New York, New Hampshire, Maryland, Connecticut, Illinois and Ohio, to name most of the states involved. Does this mean that the tournament purse structure is as bad as forecast? Nah, everyone should play for spit before making it to the big leagues. That’s capitalism. The guys have shown that they can make fairly sizeable bucks on three tours; now the ladies will have a chance at a second LPGA tour. The LPGA had shied away from associating itself with a senior ladies’ tour for years, but now seems to have some sort of loose relationship with it. It seems to me that this tri-fold approach to women’s golf in the USA cannot help but benefit women’s athletics. Advice: take expansion SLOWLY. Comments:
Bivens should get the LPGA Tour on track before she takes on a money losing mini-tour. The FUTURES TOUR was alread a licensing partner of the LPGA and paid the LPGA a healthy fee each year for that privilege. Good luck, they will need it.
Comment from: alsoafan [Visitor]
The LPGA as it administers the Futures Tour if it cannot attract higher purses and a more equitable payout, might consider offering a
a health plan and direct deposit to it's members. The Pro-Am sponsors costs equal that of the players entry fees. The LPGA bought a money maker. The writer who stated that
they should play for spit while awaiting status should also consider the LPGA does not have Monday qualifying except for those with conditional status and there will be a forecast 10 cards issued at q-school... from over 500 entries at 5k a piece with a q-school purse of what 5k? Pulleez. It still needs work.
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