"Golf fans know more about what they're watching than do viewers of other sports, but they also represent a niche within the niche."

I've heard from a few PGA Tour types smarting after the 54% ratings increase at Torrey Pines joined the up ratings for the Hawaii events. The takeaway seems to be that all is just fine and the PGA Tour is about to lure in the same deal it secured last time, if not an even bigger financial haul. Even though you don't depend on ratings.
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"I wish the PGA Tour would take a cue from the NHL."

There's something you don't hear everyday. But Jason Sobel said it and he's not the only NHL fan who watched the All-Star fantasy draft and though, hmmmm....this would make the Presidents Cup wildly entertaining. Naturally, those words I just typed will scare the living day lights out of the Ponte Vedra brass who just spent the morning wondering if their light blue Oxford was a little too edgy of a wardrobe choice.
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PGA Tour: Clinton Was Our Idea!

Yesterday when John Strege reported Joe Ogilvie's suggestion that Bill Clinton and his Global Initiative could help jumpstart the Bob Hope, he clearly ruffled feathers in Ponte Vedra, where they oxford shirt set rolled up their sleeves and spent Friday evening crafting a statement to let the scribes in La Quinta know they were already on the Clinton initiative!
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Els, Westwood Vie For Center Spot On Tim Finchem's Dartboard

You be the judge of whose picture is going to be placed in the center for the Commissioner's daily C-level dart throwing and general male bonding session.

Ernie Els, talking to Doug Ferguson about missing the Presidents Cup (possibly). The problem rests with the European Tour's scheduling of the South African Open.

 

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“If you look at where we are compared with other sports, we’re pretty far behind."

You can't say the Golf Channel isn't trying. Besides unveiling a slick new graphics package this week that'll make network graphics look antiquated. And Doug Ferguson reports that they've been given permission by the Deathstar Ponte Vedra to mike players this week. Assuming they have any willing participants.
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