Bettors: The Annual Call For Unionizing PGA Tour!

I took over July 1 and based on Rex Hoggard's posting, I have a claim ticket to cash in!

What remains to be seen is how the new rule impacts play on Tour – most players didn’t think there will be a drastic adjustment but few have actually tested wedges with the new grooves – and how players will react to having their opinions brushed aside by the Tour.

“If Tim wanted a union, he’s got one now,” said one player who noted that a healthy cross section of the Tour was in favor of delaying the rule one year.

Of all the reasons to form a union and open up the books, this is the topic that got some guys worked up? Really?

Comments

[JohnV]

Why do I suspect that a vote for a union would just about equal the amount of guys with Titleist on their hats?

[Matt A]

I'll say it again - they're a bunch of babies

[Sammy]

Volunteers revolt. Union for them, too.

[Brad Ford]

Isn't the PGA Tour like a co-op with the players getting all the profits (less expenses) over time? If not, who are the owners?

[Erik J. Barzeski]

How can they unionize? They elect and hire the commissioner. Don't they "own" the PGA Tour? How can ownership unionize?

I'm no business genius, but this makes no sense.