Lets dissect the problems of the LPGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's take a look at the problems the LPGA has and what the New Commissioner has to overcome to get the Tour back on track and started in the right direction.

Problem one. Loss of sponsorships This is by far the most obvious, and there are many reasons for it! The first being the almost criminal activity of Carolyn Bivens in dealing with the sponsors. Secondly, for a sponsor to plunk down that amount, in this economic climate, there has to be some benefit for them. At this time the LPGA has no prestige, no integrity, and no fan generating power. Third, the players themselves aside from a very select few are not even ingratiating to fans off the course, except on camera. So the great companies want nothing to do with the LPGA players nor the tour.

Problem two. The LPGA is hurting financially. This week is an obvious example. The tour Championship should be a reward to the very best players for playing great golf! After all this is what the LPGA is supposed to be about. Instead the LPGA is making it an ugly money grubbing full field event(to maximize revenue from the pro-am). I find this disgusting and so should the top players but I imagine at this point and time they are just glad to have an event.

Problem Three. The LPGA Board of directors is collectively incompetent and does nothing except what they are told to do. Look what Bivens did to the tour right under their collective noses. Until you get solid oversight from people who care and are not just on the Board to say they are on the Board then the LPGA will never prosper.

Problem Four. Failure to embrace the Asian Golfers and make them as important to the tour off the course as on has hurt tremendously. Jiyai Shin should be a household name to golf fans now!!!!! She has everything including a respect for the game that anyone could want in a role model for their child.

Problem Five. Your players have no idea about the history of the game the integrity of the game and why it needs to be maintained nor do they understand why golf is different than sports that are driven by ticket sales rather than sponsors. They don't get the fact that on or off the course they represent the LPGA. They think once they take their spikes off that they are off duty. Well to be a professional and have the respect of a professional you need to always be professional.

Problem six. The quality of golf is poor. There is a huge gap between the top middle and poorer players on the tour. This has caused the LPGA to be dishonest in it's course preparation and in posting yardages etc., in an attempt to make it appear to fans that the players are better and hitting the ball farther than they really are. If the LPGA does not care about it's integrity nor the integrity of the game then why would anyone want to be involved with them.

Problem Seven. No TV exposure. few except the for the US. Open and the Kraft and maybe the British Open get any live coverage at all and most of the events you get 90 minutes on the Golf Channel, often tape delayed and after you already no what happened. What sponsor in their right mind would want to be involved in this. In turn what TV network would want to be involved with an organization like the LPGA that has lost it's ethics and it's integrity and is moving towards golf in bikini's


I appreciate your in put and arguments but if you want to argue be prepared with facts.