"They make ridiculous amounts of money, to the point where they almost put people off watching them."

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And she said that before watching them helicopter in to the Tavistock Cup as Japan could use a few extra helicopters to help in the rescue of tsunami victims.

John Huggan quotes Catriona Matthew in this week's Golf World Monday talking about men on the professional side losing their edge.

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"Expand the field, have a cut, be more inclusive."

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Oh did I hear it for suggesting the WGC-Cadillac at Doral was not must see TV. But just a few weeks after the match play where we saw a unique format and a daily dose of great golf, it's hard to get excited about a limited-stroke play field where players mostly show up because of the easy money and even easier world ranking points.
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Finchem, O'Grady Find Common Ground Over "Integration": Empty Buzzword Key To Fending Off Any And All Questions

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Rex Hoggard sums up the highlights of George O'Grady and Tim Finchem's numbing Sunday Commissioner's press conference.

Thankfully, they may be dull but the ridiculous idea to further reward the world top 50 with a worldwide exemption appears to be going nowhere:

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Doral's Attendance Woes...

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Jeff Rude writes about the leaders even noticing the small crowds at Doral and asks...

Why the small crowd on such a perfect day? Well, part of the answer was in the question;

it was a perfect day in Miami, and there’s an ocean a few miles away. It’s a big weekend for NCAA basketball conference tournaments. Woods isn’t in contention.

Might ticket prices be a reason? Yes, tickets cost $50 at the gate Saturday. But daily tickets bought before March 1 were as low as $20 daily and $90 for the week.

$50 is of course ridiculous for a walk-up price in a town where there is plenty to do. That price point backfired dreadfully last year in Los Angeles, another town where there are plenty of cheaper alternatives.

"Getting a glimpse of golf's secret society"

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It's not a documentary about sleazy dude who hits his friends up for money and rails on about his court case, but at least North Korean has given the okay for some Irish grad students from Salford University to film an unprecedented amateur golf tournament behind their very closed borders. Dermot Gilleece with the amazing story of aspiring filmmakers Damien Wilson, Alan Dukes and Philip Pendlebury and the break of a lifetime.
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