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Golf's Highest-Profile Couples

Alex Myers — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Our list of the golf couples with the most star power, both past and present.

Golf World Monday: No pact yet for Tour officials

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:42:00 GMT

From the Jan. 8 issue of Golf World Monday:

No one was happy with the way the PGA Tour season began, including tour rules officials for reasons unrelated to the weather calamity that plagued the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Their union, the Professional Association of Golf Officials, is working without a contract, its previous agreement having expired at the end of the 2012 season.

"As of this second there are no meetings scheduled," the officials' attorney, Christian Dennie, said. "I anticipate we'll continue to talk and meet."

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Neither Dennie nor Ty Votaw, vice president communications and international affairs for the PGA Tour, would comment on what the issues are, though salary and benefits are believed to be the crux of the union's complaints.

The union has filed a legal malpractice suit against its previous representatives, claiming that in collective bargaining it was responsible for "lost salary and benefits, automobile and automobile insurance, first class travel and a number of other items."

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Tour says report on Couples was unfair

Sam Weinman — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:30:00 GMT

The PGA Tour has disputed a report on GolfDigest.com on March 28 that said tour officials were “afraid” to ask Fred Couples to come to the media center for an interview at the Shell Houston...

Golf Executive Salary List: Tim Finchem tops in pay

Alan Pittman — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem leads our list of the highest-paid golf-association executives.

PGA Tour Considers Changing Season-Ending Format

AP — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:00:00 GMT

The PGA Tour is considering changing its season-ending format to incorporate the Nationwide Tour, as well as possibly tweaking Q school.

"Better than most," but not good enough?

Sam Weinman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:36:00 GMT

"It's not how you start, but how you finish." So states a PGA Tour promotional ad that aired this past weekend on NBC touting the iconic water-laden three-hole finish at the TPC Sawgrass and The...

Gustafson and Votaw divorce

Stina Sternberg — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:08:00 GMT

It's the end of a union that had all the ingredients of a fairy-tale romance. When then-LPGA commissioner Ty Votaw began dating LPGA Tour player Sophie Gustafson in 2003 while still married to (though separated...

Does Rio de Janeiro hurt golf's Olympic quest?

John Strege — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:54:00 GMT

Golf's inclusion in the 2016 Olympics seemed to be a lock, but that was before the Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro last week. Rio has just two golf courses, neither of which apparently...