![]() That makes 10 title sponsors with new contracts this year - seven renewals and three new sponsors. He also said the title sponsor at a playoff event, the BMW Championship outside Chicago, was extended four years through 2014. He sprinkled some good news into his conference call: The tour has renewed title sponsorship with the Sony Open in Honolulu for at least one year through 2011 and plans to work with the company on a 3-D broadcast. "Let me just parenthetically say that the rumor that I keep a flask on my desk is not true," Finchem joked. Finchem was spoofed last week on "Saturday Night Live," which portrayed him drinking out of a flask as placards of sponsors dropped off the wall behind him. 27 car accident outside his Florida home, setting off sensational details of extramarital affairs that have tarnished sports' biggest star and put golf on late-night TV shows. The attention has shifted dramatically since a Nov. And I certainly want the attention he brings to the sport." I look at Tiger spiking ratings off of a significantly solid base when he plays. 1 player in our sport not play is not a positive thing, and it does hurt television ratings. "I'm not saying that I think everything is fine," Finchem said. He also said the cumulative number of viewers during a PGA Tour event did not decrease even when Woods missed the second half of 2008 with knee surgery. He said six of the highest-performing tournaments, which he based on net revenue donated to charity, haven't had Woods in the field during the last several years. "There's no reason for me to be concerned because I have no information to trigger a concern."įinchem used a few indicators to show that golf can manage without its star player. "There's a lot of doctors linked to HGH," Finchem said. The doctor, Anthony Galea, said he treated Woods with "blood spinning" to help his recovery from knee surgery. He also suggested that the many salacious tales of infidelity would not be subject to discipline under the tour's "conduct unbecoming" clause.įinchem also said he wasn't concerned with Woods being linked to a Canadian doctor under investigation because his assistant was found transporting drugs, including HGH, into the United States. Woods announced last Friday that he was stepping away from golf to try to save his marriage, although it hasn't stopped allegations of more extramarital affairs that have taken him from golf magazines to the cover of gossip magazines.įinchem said the tour had no input on Woods' decision to take a break from golf. How golf gets by without Woods - and how it reacts when he does return - is yet to be seen. The realization that he's not is huge news." "I've often said that up until (President Barack) Obama, he was the most recognized guy on the planet, and everybody thought he was perfect. Tiger announces 'indefinite' leave from PGA Tour
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