July 25, 2007

Opening the doors to the Canadian Open: Canadian Open director Bill Paul is grousing about the poor field, but Tour players want him to show them both the love and the money. A sportsfilter column by wfrazerjr.

posted by justgary to golf at 02:47 PM - 4 comments

I'm getting a server error for the second link in the column.

posted by bperk at 04:07 PM on July 25, 2007

Why can't they get a big name sponsor to solve all their problems?

posted by bperk at 04:08 PM on July 25, 2007

I'm getting a server error for the second link in the column. Thanks, fixed.

posted by justgary at 04:32 PM on July 25, 2007

A big sponsor has to look at the field "four of the top 20 on the money list, and 10 of the top 50" and wonder if it is worth the commitment. A bit sad, seeing it is the oldest event on the tour that isn't the US or British Open (second oldest if you want to say that the BMW Championship is still the Western Open). There always seems to be some Canadian golf press musing/grousing (ok, Lorne Rubenstein) when the schedule is released noting how the event is either too late in the season or plunked in an inconvenient spot - ie right after the British Open).

posted by gspm at 07:02 PM on July 25, 2007

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