Comments on: The Health of the Champions Tour http://www.greenposse.com/2006/05/the-health-of-the-champions-tour-2/ The smell of a freshly mowed fairway. Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:15:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: directtv http://www.greenposse.com/2006/05/the-health-of-the-champions-tour-2/comment-page-1/#comment-54 directtv Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:50:18 +0000 http://www.greenposse.com/the-health-of-the-champions-tour-2/#comment-54 good blog. good blog.

]]> By: Bob http://www.greenposse.com/2006/05/the-health-of-the-champions-tour-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Bob Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:49:35 +0000 http://www.greenposse.com/the-health-of-the-champions-tour-2/#comment-12 Regarding article on Health of the Champion's Tour. From one who has qualified for a couple of events (US Open) in 2002 and 2004, in what is becoming a "closed shop" membership of aging former PGA Tour stars, you raise a good question regarding quality of competition with 30% or more finishing over par. My contention is there is not enough good competitors to push the top players to better performance. You do have a large contingent of 60 plus folks who are clearly not competitive anymore. And as long as they keep their "closed shop" attitude toward allowing new talent from outside the PGA Tour a fair chance at competing, I think you will see a continued decline in both fan interest and sponsor interest in Champion's Tour events in the future. Each year they lose a tournament sponsor or two from the year before and that certainly is not a healthy sign. But to blame Hale Irwin is not fair. He is not responsible for player membership policies. That responsibility lies with the Champions Tour members. They vote policy every year and set their own rules for membership and status. Regarding article on Health of the Champion’s Tour.

From one who has qualified for a couple of events (US Open) in 2002 and 2004, in what is becoming a “closed shop” membership of aging former PGA Tour stars, you raise a good question regarding quality of competition with 30% or more finishing over par.

My contention is there is not enough good competitors to push the top players to better performance. You do have a large contingent of 60 plus folks who are clearly not competitive anymore.

And as long as they keep their “closed shop” attitude toward allowing new talent from outside the PGA Tour a fair chance at competing, I think you will see a continued decline in both fan interest and sponsor interest in Champion’s Tour events in the future.

Each year they lose a tournament sponsor or two from the year before and that certainly is not a healthy sign.

But to blame Hale Irwin is not fair. He is not responsible for player membership policies. That responsibility lies with the Champions Tour members. They vote policy every year and set their own rules for membership and status.

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