Panic is costly and stupid.

[gxer]

Brittany Lincicome wasn't in line when horse sense regarding financial matters was passed out. This was truly a dumb thing to say in public. Marty Evans needs to have a little talk with the players about making public statements involving finances.
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“We need tournaments,” said Lincicome, who won April’s Kraft Nabisco Championship. “Even if we’re playing for half the purses.”



LPGA Tour Article - Golf Channel

[Blue]

Originally Posted by gxer

Brittany Lincicome wasn't in line when horse sense regarding financial matters was passed out. This was truly a dumb thing to say in public. Marty Evans needs to have a little talk with the players about making public statements involving finances.
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“We need tournaments,” said Lincicome, who won April’s Kraft Nabisco Championship. “Even if we’re playing for half the purses.”



LPGA Tour Article - Golf Channel

Oops!

[BigBlopper]

Originally Posted by gxer

Brittany Lincicome wasn't in line when horse sense regarding financial matters was passed out. This was truly a dumb thing to say in public. Marty Evans needs to have a little talk with the players about making public statements involving finances.
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“We need tournaments,” said Lincicome, who won April’s Kraft Nabisco Championship. “Even if we’re playing for half the purses.”



LPGA Tour Article - Golf Channel

This is deserving of the FACEPALM:

[DJGOLFER59]

I'm not sure why this was so stupid. Wouldn't you rather see 30 plus events on the schedule for a lower purse than 15 events for higher purses?

[Putter]

Not sure I agree with your logic DJ - 15 at full, 30 at 1/2 - wouldn't it work out to be about the same? This statement gives the tournament directors/sponsors leverage - "Oh, we can get this tournament for 1/2 the price now - or maybe even lower - just as long as we have it!" Not a really brilliant thing to say, IMO.

[gxer]

Originally Posted by DJGOLFER59

I'm not sure why this was so stupid. Wouldn't you rather see 30 plus events on the schedule for a lower purse than 15 events for higher purses?

[MarinePaul]

Originally Posted by Putter

Not sure I agree with your logic DJ - 15 at full, 30 at 1/2 - wouldn't it work out to be about the same? This statement gives the tournament directors/sponsors leverage - "Oh, we can get this tournament for 1/2 the price now - or maybe even lower - just as long as we have it!" Not a really brilliant thing to say, IMO.

I understand where DJ is coming from. It would be better for us, as fans. In some ways, even if the purses were smaller, the players would benefit by not having gaps in the schedule.

Cutting purses by half is asking too much, but reducing purses somewhat and adding others is a whole lot better than continuing to lose tournaments.

[Blue]

The problem with Lincicome's statement is you never want to reveal your entire hand in a bargaining situation. Even if the players are willing to play for half-size purses, they don't want to let the tournaments know that while they're still negotiating the contract.

[MarinePaul]

Originally Posted by Blue

The problem with Lincicome's statement is you never want to reveal your entire hand in a bargaining situation. Even if the players are willing to play for half-size purses, they don't want to let the tournaments know that while they're still negotiating the contract.

No argument there, and I seriously doubt that the players will settle for half. On the other hand, if you have 20 tournaments at 700K, as opposed to ten at a million, you're ahead by four million. I'm reasonably sure the sponsors realize that Lincicome doesn't speak for all players.

[Blue]

Originally Posted by MarinePaul

No argument there, and I seriously doubt that the players will settle for half. On the other hand, if you have 20 tournaments at 700K, as opposed to ten at a million, you're ahead by four million. I'm reasonably sure the sponsors realize that Lincicome doesn't speak for all players.

Right. I don't think it's smart to play for half-size purses even if there are twice as many tournaments. When the economy improves it will be nearly impossible to get the purses back up and it sets a new standard for low purses on the LPGA Tour which is not what they want to do. But i's the players' tour and they can do what they want. Hopefully Lincicome does not speak for all of them, but I've not been impressed with the business sense of a lot of these players.