PGA is not caving to political demands...

[warchief64]

For the non-golf fans, every golf season culminates with the Tour Championship at East Lake CC in Atlanta and determines the season long Fed Ex Cup champion. It will remain there. You know their commissioner got the same calls/pressure that MLB’s Manfred got but didn’t cave.

There was also a movement to get The Masters moved but that was basically over the minute it started. There’s no Masters without Augusta National. Much easier to move the Tour Championship so kudos to them for standing their ground

 

[WoSDWDE]

Twitter: Move the Masters!!

Augusta National: No...

Twitter: PGA take it from them!!

Augusta National: lulz

 

[AuburnAdrenaline]

I seriously became a huge PGA fan. No kidding what the PGA did yesterday was bad ass

 

[Korn6]

Can we use this against UGAy in recruiting?

 

[warchief64]

Can we use this against UGAy in recruiting?

Absolutely. All you young studs need to cross the state line into AL where we’re progressive af

 

[Korn6]

Absolutely. All you young studs need to cross the state line into AL where we’re progressive af

I haven’t been called young or stud in almost 20 years. You are my new favorite poster.

 

[Rusty Strings]

 

[KilgoreTrout]

I seriously became a huge PGA fan. No kidding what the PGA did yesterday was bad ass

Wild guess but maybe it has something to do with their consumer base...and corporations and entities with a different customer base might make a different decision. Capitalism. Freedom. Right?

 

[Bassman]

Everyone caves to political demands/influence. Sometimes they don't realize it, of course.

 

[GONIG BUCK]

Twitter: Move the Masters!!

Augusta National: No...

Twitter: PGA take it from them!!

Augusta National: lulz

Did anyone actually believe this would happen?

 

[warchief64]

Wild guess but maybe it has something to do with their consumer base...and corporations and entities with a different customer base might make a different decision. Capitalism. Freedom. Right?

I wouldn’t think that there’s a helluva lot of difference between the viewer demographics of MLB and the PGA. Some people are cavers, some aren’t

 

[KilgoreTrout]

I wouldn’t think that there’s a helluva lot of difference between the viewer demographics of MLB and the PGA. Some people are cavers, some aren’t

I would think there is a huge difference.

 

[Bassman]

I would think there is a huge difference.

You'd think that because there is a huge difference.

 

[hsvtiger34]

When will these large organizations realize that the azzholes making these demands aren’t the purchasers of their product?

 

[warchief64]

Did anyone actually believe this would happen?

Moving the Masters? No way.
Moving the Tour Championship? Certainly possible if not probable given the current climate.

I don’t follow NASCAR but didn’t they enact some changes following the Bubba Wallace uproar? I know their leadership was scrambling like mofos

 

[GONIG BUCK]

Didn't the PGA leave Trump courses? Was everyone upset about that? I honestly don't know, I don't watch or follow golf.

 

[warchief64]

I would think there is a huge difference.

You'd think that because there is a huge difference.

Please explain the difference. Both are overwhelmingly caucasian and enjoyed most by people who play/played the sport competitively

 

[griffna]

Moving the Masters? No way.
Moving the Tour Championship? Certainly possible if not probable given the current climate.

I don’t follow NASCAR but didn’t they enact some changes following the Bubba Wallace uproar? I know their leadership was scrambling like mofos

I think everyone forgets about this in a couple
of weeks and gets distracted by something else.

 

[WoSDWDE]

Did anyone actually believe this would happen?

I don't think people realize that the PGA has virtually no autonomy over Augusta National and the Masters tournament. It's a sanctioned event, but the PGA has no rights to it.

 

[DavistonTiger]

I wouldn’t think that there’s a helluva lot of difference between the viewer demographics of MLB and the PGA. Some people are cavers, some aren’t

It's the exact same customer base. LOL at the board weirdos pretending it's different. 😂

 

[warchief64]

I think everyone forgets about this in a couple
of weeks and gets distracted by something else.

Yeah they moved something from South Carolina last year for similar reasons. Then they moved their outrage onto the next state when something new popped up.

There’s already talk of the all star game circling back to Atl in a few years

 

[Guy Forks]

People need to stop caving to the incredibly insignificant portion of the population on Twitter.

 

[griffna]

People need to stop caving to the incredibly insignificant portion of the population on Twitter.

Twitter is a scourge on humanity.

And Jack Dorsey looks like a heroin addict.

 

[warchief64]

I don't think people realize that the PGA has virtually no autonomy over Augusta National and the Masters tournament. It's a sanctioned event, but the PGA has no rights to it.

That became apparent during the Martha Burke uproar over the lack of female membership. Sponsors pulled out with ZFG by Augusta National

 

[Hornacious]

Did anyone actually believe this would happen?

Hell no it wouldn't. The PGA can't move the masters. They don't own the Masters. Augusta owns it.

 

[warchief64]

Hell no it wouldn't. The PGA can't move the masters. They don't own the Masters. Augusta owns it.

The OP was about the Tour Championship at East Lake. They certainly could’ve moved that and I’m sure were pressured to do so

 

[PocketWatch]

You'd think that because there is a huge difference.

If you’ve never listened to golf radio, it’s well worth doing for the commercials. They are pure gold.

 

[Hornacious]

The OP was about the Tour Championship at East Lake. They certainly could’ve moved that and I’m sure were pressured to do so

It was but I responded to her in regards to the post she quoted.

 

[Bassman]

Please explain the difference. Both are overwhelmingly caucasian and enjoyed most by people who play/played the sport competitively

Golf is overwhelmingly caucasian; baseball not so much.

 

[BeatBama60]

I wouldn’t think that there’s a helluva lot of difference between the viewer demographics of MLB and the PGA. Some people are cavers, some aren’t

There is zero evidence that businesses adopting woke hysteria have improved their value or bottom lines.

It is so far from a business decision that you might think only people completely unfamiliar with business would pretend that it is.

 

[Big Blue]

Golf is overwhelmingly caucasian; baseball not so much.

The PGA fanbase is about 10% black while MLB’s is about 15% black. MLB also has a little higher Hispanic/Latino makeup so MLB fans are less than 65% white while the PGA’s is almost 85% white. I’m not sure if any of that is overwhelming other than that Hispanics/Latinos don’t seem to follow golf too much.

 

[warchief64]

Golf is overwhelmingly caucasian; baseball not so much.

Um yeah it is.

Baseball has lamented the fact that it’s viewing audience has become older and whiter in the 2000s. Smaller as well. Younger viewers of the video game age strongly prefer the nonstop action of football and bball over baseball, which many consider boring. What other sport does that remind you of?

Not much difference in black viewership for MLB vs PGA. Sure it’s a little higher, but not the HUGE difference you stated

 

[Bassman]

The PGA fanbase is about 10% black while MLB’s is about 15% black. MLB also has a little higher Hispanic/Latino makeup so MLB fans are less than 65% white while the PGA’s is almost 85% white. I’m not sure if any of that is overwhelming other than that Hispanics/Latinos don’t seem to follow golf too much.

Yeah, that's pretty significant. There are other significant demographical differences as well.

 

[jslowery]

Please explain the difference. Both are overwhelmingly caucasian and enjoyed most by people who play/played the sport competitively

MLB has a HUGE Latino/Hispanic following in Texas/Arizona/California and in the Northeast. Also a larger viewing percentage among African-Americans (especially in the north) than PGA. Regionally, in the southeast near Atlanta, it’s actually a negligible difference except in African-American viewers which are skewed toward MLB.

 

[Bassman]

Um yeah it is.

Baseball has lamented the fact that it’s viewing audience has become older and whiter in the 2000s. Smaller as well. Younger viewers of the video game age strongly prefer the nonstop action of football and bball over baseball, which many consider boring. What other sport does that remind you of?

Not much difference in black viewership for MLB vs PGA. Sure it’s a little higher, but not the HUGE difference you stated

Plenty large enough. But those aren't the only differences. The fan bases just aren't all that similar, and it goes way beyond racial disparities.

 

[Jay G. Tate]

Politics in the MF title. Why?

 

[AuHoosier420]

Plenty large enough. But those aren't the only differences. The fan bases just aren't all that similar, and it goes way beyond racial disparities.

maybe not for other mlb teams but the braves fanbase and golf fans are literally the same people and carbon copies of each other

 

[Hornacious]

Politics in the MF title. Why?

To make little @Jay G. Tate ask questions.


$1 to my grandfather that's what he would say when I asked him WHY?

 

[Bassman]

maybe not for other mlb teams but the braves fanbase and golf fans are literally the same people and carbon copies of each other

Well, that's a statement about GEORGIA, not baseball fans in general.

 

[johntodd]

That became apparent during the Martha Burke uproar over the lack of female membership. Sponsors pulled out with ZFG by Augusta National

That’s not exactly how I remember it. IIRC, the sponsors were catching grief, so the Masters made the decision to remove all/most sponsors in order to protect them. Of course they were all on board the following year.