Minor Rant
Last time I checked, it was the year 2007, and the LPGA is growing at a phenomenal rate with all the young guns alive and well givng the veterans all they can handle. So how come this week’s LPGA event, the Corona Championship, isn’t being telecast on any network? Obviously there’s a serious expense in broadcasting a tour event (PGA or LPGA) and you need sponsorships to offset as much of the expenses as you can, and then still provide enough money for a decent purse.
And the new number one player, Lorena Ochoa, is playing on her home soil, which I think would be even more of a justification to broadcast the event. But yet, the ladies are on the outside looking in again. It would seem to me that the LPGA comish, Carolyn Bivens should make broadcasting as many tour events as possible, a number one priority. Why on earth would a major sponsor ante up millions of dollars to NOT have their event be broadcast?
Hopefully, in 5 years this will not be the case and the LPGA will have purses that are approaching 70% of their PGA counterparts.