Honda leaving the PGA Tour

[MGoBlue100]

First of many, or an anomaly? Who’ll sponsor the JV tournaments?

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/honda-classic-ends-sponsorship-of-pga-tour-tournament-in-florida-pga-national

[Bobbers]

The Greater Milwaukee Open  always ended up with crappy dates and, as a result, weak fields.  It passed into oblivion completely; no sponsor wanted to use a weak field/bad date tournament as an advertising vehicle.

My guess is there are always going to be one or two events that sponsors are seriously thinking about abandoning.  Sad, but that's life in the 21st century.

[null]

Great. Maybe now they can change the venue

PGA National is one of the worst courses on tour

[MGoBlue100]

2 hours ago, Bobbers said:

My guess is there are always going to be one or two events that sponsors are seriously thinking about abandoning.  Sad, but that's life in the 21st century.

Think I’ve told you previously, but that’s the best avatar on this forum. 
 

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[Bobbers]

1 minute ago, MGoBlue100 said:

Think I’ve told you previously, but that’s the best avatar on this forum. 
 

Zeeba Zeeba Eta!

[Crashtestdummy]

I can see why. The Honda Classic was getting railroaded by the high profile tournaments before and after. It will be interesting to see if Honda moves to LIV as a sponsor instead. 

[FightingScot82]

The profile of events used to be dictated by TV ratings or calendar timing. Now the players are being more selective of which events they play in - plus there are upstarts causing issues like the PNC Championship (which really should be in Pittsburgh, but whatever). I feel like the Pebble Beach Pro-Am has lost its luster, too. Now that sponsorship isn't a regional thing anymore (see: PNC Championship in Florida or Waste Management in Phoenix) someone will step up. I'm kind of surprised we haven't seen an event with a golf brand lead sponsor.

[cnosil]

15 minutes ago, FightingScot82 said:

I'm kind of surprised we haven't seen an event with a golf brand lead sponsor.

That probably would open a huge can of worms.  While there are some player/sponsor conflicts with corporate sponsorship, I wonder how TM and TM sponsored players would react to a Callaway sponsored event; as an example.   Would they not play in the event or go all out and try and put their sponsor in the winners circle.   

[vandyland]

I mean, I don't blame them. One of the longest tenured sponsors on tour (until now) and this was their Top 10 at the end of last year's tournament. No disrespect to any of the players here but you have Shane Lowry, Daniel Berger, Gary Woodland (who hasn't been in great form for the last few years) and then a bunch of "guys". How many people here could pick Brian Stuard, Lee Hodges and Sam Ryder out of lineup?

 

Go ahead and try without googling, try to name these players.  I watch the tour most weeks and I would probably get 1 out of 8 of these guys right. All of them finished in the top 25 of the tournament. 

Edited January 6, 2023 by vandyland

[caryncgolfer]

On 11/30/2022 at 5:44 AM, Crashtestdummy said:

I can see why. The Honda Classic was getting railroaded by the high profile tournaments before and after. It will be interesting to see if Honda moves to LIV as a sponsor instead. 

Thats about as likely as a rock bursting into lava on a cold day friend.

[caryncgolfer]

Is this a Minnesota high school reunion?

[Crashtestdummy]

On 1/19/2023 at 6:37 AM, caryncgolfer said:

Thats about as likely as a rock bursting into lava on a cold day friend.

Not too unlikely when El Camaleón Golf Club (PGA Mayakoba Classic golf tournament) moved from being a PGA venue to a LIV venue. 

[caryncgolfer]

On 1/19/2023 at 9:37 AM, caryncgolfer said:

Thats about as likely as a rock bursting into lava on a cold day friend.

Corruption is free down there.  Perfect fit

[RollingGreens]

On 11/19/2022 at 7:32 AM, Golfspy_Lukes said:

Great. Maybe now they can change the venue

PGA National is one of the worst courses on tour

Just listened to a podcast or YouTube video where they ripped on PGA National for being quite uninspiring. 
 

Obviously the elevated elements come out a 4-5x premium, pay your current rate and take whatever quality you get or put your money someplace else. Would I be mad if I wasn’t chosen for an elevated event, sure I’d be pretty loving knowing that the chances go down to have a top tier lineup. They are sandwiched between 2 elevated events in front and one 2 weeks after…