The Infamous Move to May

The Infamous Move to May


It sounded like a good idea at the time: Move The Players Championship from late March to mid-May so it wouldnt have to compete with the NCAA basketball tournament for TV ratings or media attention. Those in Ponte Vedra wanted to create a once a month mentality when it came to important golf events starting with the Masters in April by slipping The Players into May, prior to the U.S. Open in June, the British Open in July and the PGA Championship in August.It was a good idea on paper, the same way the Chicago Cubs so often look good on paper in February.In reality, it was a bad idea. It was another attempt by the PGA Tour to create major championship aura around what is its premiere (or at least most lucrative) event. Well, that just isnt going to happen. Ping K15 Not now, not ever.The fact that The Players is not a major has been a thorn in the side of some who work in the offices down the road from the fancy new TPC Sawgrass clubhouse since Deane Beman first took up residence there more than 30 years ago. Beman was a brilliant commissioner and he understood from Day 1 that he had a serious problem when it came to negotiating TV rights and convincing people that the organization he was running was important: He didnt control one of golfs major events.The Masters is run by the membership of Augusta National Golf Club, the U.S. Open is run by the U.S. Golf Association, the British Open is run by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club and the PGA Championship is run by the PGA of America. Driver K15 Even the Ryder Cup, which became an important event while Beman was commissioner, is run by the PGA of America.All five events needed Bemans players. Sadly for Beman, his players needed the four majors and later the Ryder Cup more than the tournaments needed the players. And so he was left to negotiate TV deals that highlighted Pebble Beach, Bob Hope, Houston, Hartford and Hawaii. All were fine golf tournaments at nice places with good people in charge, but no one ever made history winning at Doral or in Denver.And so Beman decided that his tournament would be the crown jewel, the one that would be different than all other tournaments. [url=www.achatgolf.com/Ping-G20-Bois-de-parcours-16714.html ]ping g20 [/url] Pete Dye built a golf course that was unique and the event became known as The Players. The prize money was huge and the TV partners were instructed to never call it a tournament, but rather a championship.For a good long while the Tour pushed the notion that The Players was the fifth major. No one bought it. If there is a fifth major in golf it is either the Ryder Cup or Q-School. It is not The Players.Theres a reason why the Grand Slam breakfast at Dennys has four items and not five, Jeff Sluman, the 1988 PGA champion said years ago. driver g20 A Grand Slam is four. Theres no such thing as a five-run homer either.Nowadays, comissioner Tim Finchem and his staff are careful not to publicly push the fifth major idea. They do it in more subtle ways. If you open up a PGA Tour media guide, in each players bio is a top tournament summary. A top tournament, according to the Tour includes the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA Championship, The Players and then all WGC events and playoff events.This is, of course, ludicrous. Does anyone put The Barclays or the Deutsche Bank Championship in the same sentence, paragraph or book as a major?

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