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Post by 18majors on Apr 9, 2016 16:33:28 GMT
espn.go.com/espnw/sports/article/15160220/big-gap-earnings-men-women-professional-golfers Oddly, the USGA values the women's and men's U.S. Amateur champions equally -- with a trophy and the honor of representing the United States as its national champion for the year. But things shift when a golfer turns professional. Work your body, mind and heart and become the best for that day, for that week, for that year and -- the USGA says -- a woman's victory is not equal to a man's. Equal pay in golf is not about the number of zeros on the giant cardboard check, just as it wasn't in 2007 when Wimbledon became the final major in tennis to establish equal pay. It is about the message it sends to kids. It sails from the boardroom to the 18th green. "The USGA takes the lead on so many things," said Smith, one of three living founders of the LPGA. "They could take the lead and have the prize money be the same for the men and women and then they would be doing something very special." The purse at last year's U.S. Women's Open was the largest in women's golf at $4.5 million. A USGA spokesperson said it is "appropriate for the prominence of the championship, and reflects our desire to attract the greatest players in the world. It also recognizes the worldwide prize money landscape in women's golf, which is correlated to the overall revenue generated by women's golf tournaments." The USGA would not share a breakdown of the financials for individual tournaments, but it reported $103 million in revenue from its 2014 championships. That same year it spent $42 million on salaries, $4.4 million on tents, $1.6 million on "transportation services" and another $1.6 million on generators at Pinehurst alone. In 2013 the USGA signed a 12-year $1.1 billion TV deal with FOX, which started in 2015. That is more than $92 million a year for the rights to televise the USGA's championships, including the men's and women's U.S. Opens. The money is there. So is the opportunity to grow the game.
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Post by mr3putt on Apr 9, 2016 17:09:08 GMT
If they want to send a message to the kids...it should be about economics.
If the USWO stood on it's own....the gals would not be playing for $4.5M....maybe playing for $2M and the smallest purse of the their fake majors....if not for the funds generated by the USO and male dominated USGA members who pay an annual fee...there might not even be other USGA events.
So boys and girls...you heard it here 1st from the Smiling Buddha...things in life just aren't fair and shouldn't be "just because"
"Make Merica Great Again"
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Post by 18majors on Apr 9, 2016 17:23:37 GMT
If they want to send a message to the kids...it should be about economics. If the USWO stood on it's own....the gals would not be playing for $4.5M....maybe playing for $2M and the smallest purse of the their fake majors....if not for the funds generated by the USO and male dominated USGA members who pay an annual fee...there might not even be other USGA events. So boys and girls...you heard it here 1st from the Smiling Buddha...things in life just aren't fair and shouldn't be "just because" "Make Merica Great Again" Economics aside, it'll be a tsunami if USGA raised USWO prize to $10.0 million. It would elevate women's professional golf to a height it has never seen before. Players like Lydia, In Gee and Brooke deserve to have a higher profile in the world of professional sports. |
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Post by mr3putt on Apr 9, 2016 17:31:17 GMT
Economics aside, it'll be a tsunami if USGA raised USWO prize to $10.0 million. It would elevate women's professional golf to a height it has never seen before. Players like Lydia, In Gee and Brooke deserve to have a higher profile in the world of professional sports. Spoken like a true Democrat.  So do you fawn over Hillary at the political forums....lol.   |
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Post by mr3putt on Apr 9, 2016 17:38:04 GMT
Economics aside, it'll be a tsunami if USGA raised USWO prize to $10.0 million. It would elevate women's professional golf to a height it has never seen before. Players like Lydia, In Gee and Brooke deserve to have a higher profile in the world of professional sports. If the USGA was really interested in elevating the women's game they would hold the USO and USWO on alternating days over a 2 week time frame....ain't gonna happen...at least in my lifetime. Look at how the galleries diminished once the gals took over Pinehurst in 2014...they started to tear down some grandstands...to minimize the optics of empty grandstands. And women can blame themselves for the lack of interest in the LPGA...there are few hardcore women golf fans who want to support the women's game. How many women do you know who can name more than 10 women golfers?...even young competitive women I've spoke with are interested in LPGA golfers...it's the men they watch. |
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Post by 18majors on Apr 9, 2016 17:45:46 GMT
There are more than one way to skin a cat; raising prize money can be done at a single stroke of of a pen. The fund is there.
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Post by philknj on Apr 9, 2016 19:43:24 GMT
espn.go.com/espnw/sports/article/15160220/big-gap-earnings-men-women-professional-golfersThe purse at last year's U.S. Women's Open was the largest in women's golf at $4.5 million. A USGA spokesperson said it is "appropriate for the prominence of the championship, and reflects our desire to attract the greatest players in the world. It also recognizes the worldwide prize money landscape in women's golf, which is correlated to the overall revenue generated by women's golf tournaments." Why is this idiotic issue being brought up again? Doesn't anyone remember the LPGA's Reign of Error (2006-2009)? Captain Bligh Bivens was going to hold everyone upside down by the ankles and shake all the money out their pockets, which was so "successful" that the tour's best players threw her overboard to the sharks during the start of the USWO week. |
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Post by don on Apr 10, 2016 0:01:39 GMT
I hope everybody protests except In Gee.
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Post by 18majors on Apr 10, 2016 12:23:40 GMT
espn.go.com/espnw/sports/article/15160220/big-gap-earnings-men-women-professional-golfersThe purse at last year's U.S. Women's Open was the largest in women's golf at $4.5 million. A USGA spokesperson said it is "appropriate for the prominence of the championship, and reflects our desire to attract the greatest players in the world. It also recognizes the worldwide prize money landscape in women's golf, which is correlated to the overall revenue generated by women's golf tournaments." Why is this idiotic issue being brought up again? Doesn't anyone remember the LPGA's Reign of Error (2006-2009)? Captain Bligh Bivens was going to hold everyone upside down by the ankles and shake all the money out their pockets, which was so "successful" that the tour's best players threw her overboard to the sharks during the start of the USWO week. You're entitled to your opinion, I respect that. I'm sure you know USGA has nothing to do with LPGA. USGA can deliver a message if it's good for women's golf. |
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Post by 18majors on Apr 17, 2016 21:57:38 GMT
The Players raised the purse from $10.00 million to $10.50 million this year; $20.00 million in sight.
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