a man of tremendous generosity. |
a moment was taken to determine, by each captain, whether his respective teams concurred with moving in that direction. |
A significant amount of time and effort went into the development of the FedEx Cup schedule to maximize the strength of our tournaments, sponsors and venues, while providing a logical flow geographically. |
And I don't think we could have predicted it would be as balanced as it is, from a long-hitter/medium-hitter standpoint. It doesn't really matter what kind of player you are -- if you play well enough you can succeed comparatively, that's what's happened and that's terrific. The players love that. |
At least going forward, we know it can be done. ... If the golfers who play here regularly are comfortable with cutting back play for a little while, we can look forward to good conditions the next time we come here. |
At the end of the day, it wasn't something we thought we should continue. |
Every other sport has their channel, ... That's not lost on us. |
George was a tough competitor who, as many golfers know, was a master with the putter. George will be missed by all who walked the fairways with him, and those of us who got to know him outside the ropes. |
Good tournaments can compete and perform very nicely. And the Tour Championship doesn't do that bad, but it's too far removed. It reinforced to us that if you put something special out there, we can carry the audience with us into September. And if it's a strong enough finish, then the season becomes more important. |
Henry Picard was one of the country's brightest stars in the decade leading up to World War II, where his victory total compares favorably to the likes of Sam Snead during that span. |
I didn't hear any booing. I'm not sure they jumped up and down, but I didn't hear any booing. |
I don't think we could have predicted the level of reaction for the golf course from the players, |
I have a lot of respect for Sandy and his understanding of the game, ... Our design people went out there and kind of got their arms around the scope of the project. That led us to think if it was rebuilt, it could be pretty special. |
I think it's fair to say that the purse level increases year-to-year will not be as steep in the next six years. |
I think our job right now is to continue to build The Players and make it as good as it can be and probably work harder to connect with fans about it. Stature (as far as The Players being considered golf's fifth major) is something we don't determine; others do that. |