PGA Tour trying to protect its Tiger Bubble

From The New York Times Magazine: Tiger Woods is the most important player to the game of golf in terms of the bottom line. As far as professional golf is concerned, Woods cannot come back fast enough. The PGA Tour is at a critical juncture. Next year it will begin negotiating new TV contracts with CBS and NBC. In the meantime, the tour is trying to secure sponsors for 10 events in 2011 while economic conditions are not exactly favorable. Two of the hardest-hit industries, financial services and car manufacturing, are responsible for underwriting a third of the PGA Tour's...

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Aging Couples to be in contention at Masters

From USA Today Fred Couples is looking to make another run . No matter what he says, Couples isn't done on the PGA Tour. He's a past champion at the Shell Houston Open and was T14 at the Northern Trust Open at Riviera and T37 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale earlier this year. Next week, the 1992 Masters champion will play at Augusta National, one of his favorite golf courses in the world. If on form, and if his back is not acting up, Couples could certainly contend in the first major of the season. Read...

Source: http://blogs.golf.com/golf-truth-rumors/2010/03/aging-couples-to-be-in-contention-at-masters.html

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Wie still striving with 'gruesome' workload

From NY Times: Michelle Wie's career is still driven toward golf, but it has diversified of late. In the past year, Wie has stepped outside the lines of her paint-by-numbers life, pushing her limits and pursuing other interests. She prepared for her second full season on the L.P.G.A. Tour by cramming 20 units into her winter quarter at Stanford. Wie cheerfully described the workload as "pretty gruesome, actually" but necessary if she is to take off the spring quarter to play golf and graduate as planned in 2012, with a communications degree. Read the entire story at nytimes.com Comment, share...

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