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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The playoffs are all about starting over, ... (The championship series) gives us what we've wanted for a long time, a culminating end to our season. If we do anything approaching any other sports, it's a huge impact on our overall television position, and it helps carry our audience into the fall.
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Overall play should not deviate too much from the way it is now. The fall series will be worth more than just a guy keeping his card.
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When Hartford had this date in the past, the field quality has been very solid. So if you add an improved overall tournament, the type of energy to make that happen here, plus the Fed Ex cup, we're very comfortable with the field quality we'll get.
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The bottom line is, we can challenge the players much more effectively with much more firm and fast conditions. As a matter of fact, in the studies we've done over the last 10 years, the difference between a generally soft course and a firm and fast golf course is an average of five shots in the winning score and about the same in terms of the overall scoring average.
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With the conclusion of the FedEx Cup competition at The Tour Championship the week September 10-16, we felt that the competitors could use an extra week to rest and be fully prepared for The Presidents Cup.
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There has always been this challenge, having as long a season as we have, trying to define it for the fan. The reason the other sports find it easy is because their season is always about the end. We need a culminating event that's special, and that you have to play hard to get into.
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To say any one option is the lead option ... there are issues with all of them.
This week's tournaments will put us over the top.
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This tells us the people involved here are capable of doing it,
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We go so far into the football season, and so far into the fall, that we haven't been able to get the kind of strength we see in other sports. We're the only major sport that doesn't have a playoff system.
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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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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.