Green Posse

Okay, this is the last time, I promise.  No more raggin’ on the Senior circuit.  If you watched the Jeld-Wen tournament this past weekend (what’s a Jeld-Wen BTW?), you no doubt noticed the Golf Channel had their big guns (minus Kraig Kann) covering the festivities.  Considering the Golf Channel made a sizeable investment in TV rights to cover the Senior’s, it behooves them to throw the first-team at this event, but is it too little, too late?  On the other hand, it kinda raised a red flag when I saw the Golf Channel making this kind of effort at the last major of the year for the Seniors.

These guys can play, but does anybody really care?  More importantly, is anybody really watching?  I don’t think it’s any coincidence that as Hale Irwin winds down his incredible career and visits the winner’s circle less, viewership has also dropped.  We love someone that dominates a sport, see Tiger Woods, and Irwin absolutely owned the Champions Tour for the better part of 10 years.  He also didn’t look like the “typical” senior out there: overweight, cancer-stick hanging out of the mouth, hacking it around trying to collect a paycheck.   Irwin prided himself on being in shape and in-condition to not only play, but to win.

Peter Jacobson made some noise and would have been a great ambassador, but he’s too banged-up to be a real factor on the tour.  Loren Roberts is a great player, but can’t carry the tour and generate TV ratings.  This tour needs Greg Norman to actively participate, or I just don’t see it lasting as a legitimate entity.

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