Tim Finchem
Tim Finchem
Timothy W. Finchemis the current Commissioner of golf's PGA Tour...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth19 April 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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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.
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You need to challenge yourself every few years and say, 'Are we taking all the steps necessary to allow us to compete effectively? It may develop that you say, 'You know what? There's no better way to do it, so let's just leave it alone.' It's certainly easier to do that. But I think it's been good to challenge what we're doing, and I think the likelihood is we'll make some changes.
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The people who are concerned about this issue, the fans, ought to relax and know there's going to be a lot of great golf here over the years if we keep the course in good shape,
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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.
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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.
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We're very pleased with being able to bring the best players in the world back to this particular venue.
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There's only so many dates. Our objective for the Fall Series is for every week to have the strongest possible tournament.
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Sandy had this idea of rebuilding Harding Park, and we decided to work together on getting it rebuilt. And then it took awhile it takes awhile to do things in California. But it works for the community. And we'll see how it works for the big boys.
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Every other sport has their channel, ... That's not lost on us.
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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.
At the end of the day, it wasn't something we thought we should continue.
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We do like that notion that we have the deepest field in the game from A to Z, and virtually every one of those players can win. We would not want to move drastically away from that.
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It creates a nice flow in the schedule.
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We've been going through a transition phase for a few years. We have Europe trying to find more playing opportunities for its members, sanctioning tournaments here and there, picking up half of their playing opportunities for members. It raises as many questions as there are answers.