Better ideas for the Solheim Cup

[NTB]

Originally Posted by gxer

The tour that is in real trouble is the LPGA tour.

You see your being short sighted. Tiger beats Jacks records he will probably
quit then where is the pga tour.
When he is not playing the ratings drop a bunch.
Both tours have problems in the future to consider.
Trust me on this a combined effort of some sort is being looked at.
I never watch the guys unless it's a major except Boo is near the top of
the leader board.I'm sure they are looking into many options for the future.

[Saint-Just X]

I thought it was an amusing enough piece.

Although I can't recall people ever saying,''wow,that Brittany Lang has under-achieved.''

It's only because the European team is so weak that people are questioning the Solheim's validity. It's not the time to panic,European golf could become competitive again.

You don't throw the baby out with the bath water.

Or something.

Anyway,when we kick your arses in the Ryder Cup,next year,will people be calling for a Europe vs the Rest of the World competition,instead ?...

Pax Vobiscum
Saint-Just X

[gxer]

Originally Posted by notaxbill

You see your being short sighted. Tiger beats Jacks records he will probably
quit then where is the pga tour.
When he is not playing the ratings drop a bunch.
Both tours have problems in the future to consider.
Trust me on this a combined effort of some sort is being looked at.
I never watch the guys unless it's a major except Boo is near the top of
the leader board.I'm sure they are looking into many options for the future.

If you are thinking that co-ed golf is going to solve anything, IMO, you are full of...well, you know.

[xman5]

Originally Posted by notaxbill

You see your being short sighted. Tiger beats Jacks records he will probably
quit then where is the pga tour.

Some how they managed without Tiger thru the Depression, a World War and countless recessions. Stars come and go. Hagen, Hogen, Palmer, Nicklaus, Watson, Norman. Yet the tour goes on. Sponsers come and go, especially in a recession. Will it be the same without Tiger, No.

The PGA Tour is far from in trouble, even in the worst of times. The LPGA is hanging on by its fingernails. The PGA Tour could care less about the LPGA.

[xman5]

Originally Posted by notaxbill

But now with Annika at home in Orlando, making babies, wine, golf courses, and clothing, there’s little buzz for the event which runs Friday-Sunday at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill.

What is his proof of this?

He also lost me with his lame jokes toward the end, so I then can not take the article seriously.

[NTB]

Originally Posted by gxer

If you are thinking that co-ed golf is going to solve anything, IMO, you are full of...well, you know.

I'm afarid I am not on any committee to solve their problems so I can't be full of it. It is being looked at. Wendys three tour brought this to the light not me.
Do I think it would be a great idea? Yes. I would love to have seen Annika
make the cut and have finished in the top twenty when she played the tour. What a lift that would have given golf, all of golf.

If MW gets her short game down and becomes really proficient at it.
I would like to see her play once a year with the men.
If she were to finish high in one of their tournaments it would be good for golf. I would still hope she would play on the lpga tho. That is where she belongs, until maybe hopefully they one day combine them.

Come on QXER. You know you watch the Wendys three tour and love it
when the girls win.

[Saint-Just X]

Originally Posted by notaxbill

If MW gets her short game down and becomes really proficient at it.
I would like to see her play once a year with the men.
If she were to finish high in one of their tournaments it would be good for golf.

And if she misses the cut by a country mile,how would this benefit the LPGA ?

I speak as one who applauded her participation in a PGA tournament the first time around.But,then,realised that Michelle's PGA tour adventures were not done to promote the women's game,they were done to promote the Michelle Wie brand.

They would have to play off the same tees,which immediately puts the women at a disadvantage,as the PGA golfers would never accept the notion that certain people in the field could tee off from forward tees.

For gimmick value,it would work for a very short period ;in the long run,I think it would hurt the women's game...

Pax Vobiscum
Saint-Just X

[NTB]

Originally Posted by Saint-Just X

And if she misses the cut by a country mile,how would this benefit the LPGA ?

I speak as one who applauded her participation in a PGA tournament the first time around.But,then,realised that Michelle's PGA tour adventures were not done to promote the women's game,they were done to promote the Michelle Wie brand.

They would have to play off the same tees,which immediately puts the women at a disadvantage,as the PGA golfers would never accept the notion that certain people in the field could tee off from forward tees.

For gimmick value,it would work for a very short period ;in the long run,I think it would hurt the women's game...

Pax Vobiscum
Saint-Just X

It would depend how good she can get with a great short game.
If she tried with a little more maturity and finished in the top twenty
then would be a great help. It is a gamble

[MarinePaul]

Originally Posted by notaxbill

It would depend how good she can get with a great short game.
If she tried with a little more maturity and finished in the top twenty
then would be a great help. It is a gamble

I have to disagree with you here, buddy. There's no way shell ever be a factor on the PGA Tour. She'd be fortunate to ever make a cut, much less be in anywhere near contention. She simply doesn't have the physical stregnth to compete against the better men players.

[greentee]

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NTB, put on a helmet. :-)