More on Els v. PGA Tour
Sunday, October 24, 2004 at 10:42 AM As usual, The Scotsman's John Huggan gets to the heart of the Els v. PGA Tour episode and explains why the Tour hasn't got much to back its case, even though it is theoretically correct with its position.
"Specifically," writes Huggan, "Els currently gets three releases for playing the minimum 15 PGA Tour events he must do in order to retain membership of the world’s most lucrative circuit. But if he wants one more release, he must play five more tournaments - a big ask for someone with so many commitments around the globe."
Huggan says "the stance adopted by Finchem, whose job it is to maximise income for the multi-million dollar business he heads rather than do what is obviously best for professional golf as a whole, is just another example of the myopic insularity, xenophobia and outright discrimination the Americans have displayed so often over the years."
He goes on to list the examples of Bobby Locke and Seve Ballesteros and also has some hilarious quotes from a European Tour agent.
Randell Mell in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel explains the Tour’s point of view and quietly points out that Tiger likely will have only played two more events on the Tour this year (17 total) than Els (assuming Els plays next week).
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