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Why has "capitalization of name of tour as branding been dismissed"? This is what they call it, even if our unsigned-in editor doesn't like it! I hate "Monster Park" for Candlestick Park, but I don't control the naming rights. Does anyone else favor reversion, or is it just me? Rlquall 02:46, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I didn't think that the person who wrote that was dismissing that they do, in fact, put it in all caps, but they suppressed the statement that it is done for "branding" reasons. I, for one, know that they want it written in all caps, but I don't know that it is done for branding reasons. I really have no idea why they do it. Whoever made that comment has not changed me from rewriting it PGA TOUR wherever I happen to see it. My question is: should references to "the tour" that do not rise to the level of the full name PGA TOUR, use TOUR, or Tour, or tour? My vote is simply for "tour," referring to the general, improper noun of a circuit of competition. If you use "Tour," you're saying it's a proper noun, but the proper noun is all caps, and not only would that look awkward to say that they did such-and-such on "the TOUR," I think it's unnecessary. If you were talking about NFL policies, you probably wouldn't say "League policy says xyz," but simply "league policy says xyz," "league" referring to the improper noun that is the general concept of a league instead of this specific league. --AppleFan84
So shouldn't the page be moved to PGA TOUR? zellin 22:38, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
Regarding the first major; "The Masters" is not the "official" name of the event. Personal correspondence with Ivan Maisel indicated that he was told to use "Masters Tournament" as the name of the event.
The page should be moved to PGA TOUR, that's the way they always write it (even if it's just "The TOUR"). It may be for "branding", or it may be just to distinguish between just any old Tour put on by the Professional Golfers Association and the PGA TOUR, but I don't see why it shouldn't be moved.-- Cuchullain 21:47, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
ReeseM 02:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Do PGA Tour events require entry fees from the contestants? If so, are the fees uniform, or set at the discretion of the sponsor, or some other way?
I've successfully created full pages or stubs (along with winners lists) for tournaments that didn't have one. Now what do I do? :P Dakpowers | Talk 19:47, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone think the purses at PGA TOUR events would be useful? My only problem with this is that the PGA TOUR's website isn't accurate when it comes to the purses. For example, it lists the British Open purse in terms of dollars (it's in pounds, you couldn't put a dollar figure until you know the conversion rate on the day the winner wins); it says the U.S. Open purse was $6.25 million when it was really $6.8 million; says the B.C. Open purse is $3 million when it is really $3.5 million; and so on. Would someone be willing to chase down the right information and put it on there? I don't know where to look for all of it and it is frustrating the "official" source isn't accurate.
I would check out http://www.thegolfchannel.com .
Is it proper to speak of the Southern Swing anymore? I remember it once being another of the series (like the Fall Finish/West Coast Swing) but it no longer appears on the schedule. Since there are regularly scheduled events that take place in the American south after those events we're designating the "Southern Swing" (through the FedEx St. Jude Classic), it seems like we could only limit it to the events we're limiting it to if it was an organized points competition, like the FF/WCS, and since it isn't, it's my feeling we should drop the reference since the attached text does a fine job of explaining the tour's geographic procession.
Why are the tournament dates listed by the final day of the four days that make up the event, which is always a Sunday? Surely they should list the start date i.e. the Thursday. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Miriom ( talk • contribs) 14:32, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
The "Schedule" section of this article needs to be saved somewhere for use as an historical resource. I don't know of another place on the web that so conveniently records the results, including the OWGR points to the winner, of each event, and I was very disappointed to see that all the useful information in the 2009 schedule was apparently thrown away at the beginning of 2010. There should be an article of "PGA Tour Year XXXX" that contains this table for each year, and similarly with other major tours, for those who want to see results from past years conveniently tabulated. Davexvi ( talk) 00:06, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
There are two reasons why people refer to The Open Championship as the British Open. a) Its needed to save people from confusing it with the US open or b) ignorance of the fact that it is called The Open and doesn't need a prefix. Case (a) doesn't apply here because the fact that it is in the United Kingdom is given in the next column. Which just leaves (b).
Wikipedia is meant to be a place to correct ignorance and not perpetuate it. This is why the term British Open should be avoided. Using the term would re-enforce the mis-guided belief that it is the official term of the tournement, which is the precise opposite of what Wikipedia is trying to achieve.
While the United States could be refered to as America or even Columbia you wouldn't dream of using these terms here because an encyclopedia requires a higher standard of language than is used in everyday life. Please explain why you feel this should be ignored in this case. josh ( talk) 22:20, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
I think we should make a new article for PGA Player of the Year and Money title awards. When you search for these awards on google, wikipedia doesn't come on the first page of results, which is bad since we are very comprehensive and better than other sites. Also, the page is over 40 kb, which is long for 1 article especially since it strays from the main topic.
What will happen to this schedule once the new season begins? It should be moved and made into a new article. I don't know what has happened in the past, but I do hope it is not deleted.
The creators of myLPGA.com have decided to venture into men's golf and have now launched yourPGA.com which is a discussion forum and fan site for the PGA Tour as well as the European Tour and other PGA tours around the world. Please add it to your external links. Mahalo!
Amagab 08:36, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure that ranking points add anything to this chart other than clutter. I think it might be wiser to put this at the very least someplace else. I just think it is too abstract. For most events, we don't know how many ranking points were allocated until the new OWGR are released on Monday, but putting it in the chart suggests there is something inherent about the event which determines the number of points, which is true for only 5 events. It is going to result in more weeks going onto a 2nd line, which is something I have been trying to avoid. 65.42.16.135 03:54, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
The Ranking Points Column is something not everyone viewing the PGA Tour schedule is necessarily interested in. Perhaps, a separate page titled, say, "2007 PGA Tour: OWGR Tournament Ranking Points", could be created to deal with that subject.
Also, take out the career wins in parenthesis next to the player's name. If people want to find
out how many career PGA Tour wins (or any other specific achievements) that a player has, they should be able to click-on the player's name and read such info on the player's own
Wikipedia page.
ADDITIONAL: 1-29-07 10:18 PM EST The State column can go as well, since that info should be present on each event's Wikipedia page.
Thanx-A-Lot and Enjoy, Frank
Fgf2007 00:55, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
It's not my feeling that the Field Size is needed. It unnecessarily spreads out the table laterally (shifting almost every event onto a 2nd line) and does not, in my opinion, express information that is really needed here. This is a general overview of the season; something as particular as the precise number of tournament entrants is more appropriate for the article for that particular event. MrArticleOne ( talk) 22:26, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
This article is starting to get quite long; wouldn't it be a better idea to split them off to separate articles, with links to them on this page? Or maybe a box at the bottom about the PGA TOUR? MrArticleOne ( talk) 02:56, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Recently, the table was changed to eliminate the official styling for THE PLAYERS Championship and other events using non-standard capitalization etc. I feel that, while this is the right move for the main text of the article, the table ought to reflect the official styling. I recognize that there is an on-point policy, but I think that policy does not squarely cover this situation or that this is otherwise not the sort of context where it is important to preserve traditional English spelling conventions. Thoughts? MrArticleOne ( talk) 21:34, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
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You need to set up separate articles for each season so that we don't have to schlub through the history to find out information about old seasons.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 05:16, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
I understand the "PGA Tour" started in 1968, but the history of PGA touring professionals prior to that year really should be included here, as this is where people looking for info would probably start, and there's more info in this article than any other I could find on PGA golf. If placed within the PGA of America article instead, a dominant link should be placed here to it. Besides the exploits of caucasion professional golfers prior to 1968, there should also be a section on racial exclusion of black golfers (and all other non-Caucasion golfers) that was a defined policy of the sport until 1961. It's a part of PGA history and presenting here as an important historical fact is very important in my opinion. 24.197.2.22 ( talk) 05:27, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
I question whether we ought to put the HSBC Champions on the table of PGA TOUR events this season. If you look at the PGA TOUR's website, it is listed only as a "Featured Event," along with the World Cup and Presidents Cup. I thought I read somewhere that a win at the event will not count as a PGA TOUR victory, which suggests even more strongly that it should not be included on the table (if true). Can anybody add additional color to these comments? MrArticleOne ( talk) 17:37, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
I have removed the sentence "It is increasingly referred to by the media as the "Fifth major"." from the footnote regarding the TPC - a claim such as this regarding the media should be sourced, especially since the "fifth major" tag has been given to various tournaments down the years, and to my knowledge, as many commentators loathe the name as use it. Sourcing on the claim "In North America, some people would like to make the tournament an official major" would also be desirable... EJBH ( talk) 18:54, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
By my math, even if Steve Stricker won the final 4 PGA TOUR events this year, he would not surpass Tiger Woods in earnings, which would mean that Woods has clinched the Money List for this season. I can't find a source for that, but the standard 18% champions' share times the purse at the remaining events is less than the $4,175,527 by which Woods leads Stricker. I was just wondering if anybody has anything to add. It's possible this hasn't been covered by the media since it's been recognized as basically a foregone conclusion for a while. MrArticleOne ( talk) 22:07, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
I'd just note that the icon for the Flag of Northern Ireland shows a flag that has not actually been used by the government there since 1972. The only flag flown in Northern Ireland is the Union Jack. It strikes me that this not only calls into question the use of the deprecated flag for McIlroy and McDowell's wins; it also calls into question the use of the English flag for the other victories (otherwise you'd be using the English flag for those guys, but the Union Jack (which also flies in England) to other non-English Britons). MrArticleOne ( talk) 20:14, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
Is there a way to implement an "edit once, change everywhere" method for the separate season tables at this article and the 2011 PGA Tour article? MrArticleOne ( talk) 23:54, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
No where in the article does it say how much golf is in a event? How many holes?, how many rounds, are there cuts to the field between rounds?, time span of events? There doesn't seem to be any simple explanation of what is happening? Rmhermen ( talk) 02:01, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
Agreed, these enhancements would really help shed some light on "The Tour". Tepkunset ( talk) 15:29, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Is being a member like owning stock in a company? Do a majority of the members have the right to direct decisions of PGAT management? I know there is a member advisory board, which I have heard is essentially powerless. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.244.137.86 ( talk) 19:16, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
Did jimmy caspio ever win on pga tout 47.150.214.129 ( talk) 22:22, 27 March 2024 (UTC)