{"id":1059,"date":"2005-11-02T10:27:05","date_gmt":"2005-11-02T15:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/live_blogging_tim_finchems_speech\/"},"modified":"2005-11-02T10:27:05","modified_gmt":"2005-11-02T15:27:05","slug":"live_blogging_tim_finchems_speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/pga\/live_blogging_tim_finchems_speech","title":{"rendered":"Live Blogging Tim Finchem&#8217;s Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/pga\/pga_tour_logo.jpg\" alt=\"PGA Tour\" height=\"145\" width=\"106\" \/>PGA Tour.com is carrying a RealAudio stream of Tim Finchem&#8217;s announcement (see <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/pga\/2007_brings_a_new_pga_tour\/\" title=\"2007 Brings a New PGA Tour\">previous coverage here<\/a>), so we&#8217;re going to do something a little different: live blog it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:05<\/strong> &#8211; Someone can&#8217;t figure out how to use the microphone, as it&#8217;s on. We are treated to interesting talk about how we&#8217;re going to leave the A\/C off until Tim is done with his talk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:08<\/strong> &#8211; Casually late, Tim eases into his speech.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:10<\/strong> &#8211; Tim says &#8220;we&#8217;re not gonna talk about the details of our schedule today.&#8221; Someone in the back groans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:15<\/strong> &#8211; Tim, despite saying we&#8217;re not going to talk about it, talks about it. Details include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;If you consider that we don&#8217;t have a strong finish like in other sports, or a playoff system, we wanted to create one.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;And you want to create a dramatic finish with a year-long points competition.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;&hellip; on better courses and with better fields&hellip;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;&hellip; and a real season&hellip;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;January-through-September, based on points structure to be determined.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;FedEx will be the sponsor of the &#8216;FedEx Cup&#8217;.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>10:20<\/strong> &#8211; FedEx will no longer continue to be a title sponsor of the FedEx\/St. Jude Classic. Instead, some financial company (Stanford Financial) will assume the title role. FedEx will be the presenting sponsor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:24<\/strong> &#8211; Tim tells us that a four-week championship series with seeded players will commence leading up to the Tour Championship. Details won&#8217;t be announced until next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:25<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Players need to play to position themselves, and the championship series will be the most impactful event in the history of golf. We&#8217;ll announce the details of the bonus payout next year. The largest in professional sports as it relates to a playoff system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:26<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Two objectives &#8211; pull a real season together and have a strong finish.&#8221; Tim displays a chart where 2-4x the average rating is seen in playoffs over the normal season. In most sports, Tim tells us, the playoffs are worth as much or more money as the entire season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:27<\/strong> &#8211; Three full-field events leading up to the Tour Championship. <strong>The top 30 point-getters in those events<\/strong> will make the Tour Championship. Following the Tour Championship, &#8220;The Quest for the Card&#8221; will make a &#8220;real&#8221; fall season, six to seven money events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:28<\/strong> &#8211; The fall season will continue to affect the money list, top 70, World Ranking points, and winners will still receive a two-year exemption, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:29<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Players will be motivated and &#8216;incentivized&#8217; to play more. Field strength and fan interest will be improved during the course of the year, the &#8216;Championship Series&#8217;. We&#8217;ll have more compelling fall events because they mean something.&#8221; Except, you know, that very few people in the top 70 will likely play in them&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:30<\/strong> &#8211; Tim concludes and opens it up to questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:31<\/strong> &#8211; Tim is not sure how many players will be able to compete for the 30 Tour Championship spots in the Championship Series. &#8220;We can decide that later.&#8221; This clarifies some details, though: the first part of the season prior to the Championship Series will determine the seeding for the Championship Series. &#8220;110 or 90 or 140 players will be seeded, it&#8217;ll be a healthy number&#8221; said Finchem. &#8220;The points structure will be such that there&#8217;s a lot of volatility&#8221; during the Championship Series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:32<\/strong> &#8211; In other words, players are seeded based on how they play prior to the Championship Series. How they play <em>in<\/em> the Championship Series will determine whether they are able to play in the Tour Championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:34<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;We&#8217;re not looking to change a player&#8217;s outlook towards non-majors. The texture of the schedule is such that the players will be enthusiastic about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:36<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Q: Are you apprehensive about competing against the NFL? A: The theory here is that we can carry our audience with this kind of schedule through mid-September.&#8221; We&#8217;ll see, I guess. &#8220;This is a <em>series<\/em> of events that&#8217;s all tied together, it&#8217;s unique in the sport, it means an awful lot, and it will surpass what we saw in the Presidents Cup and the WGC-AmEx playoff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:38<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Quest for the Card&#8221; is two things to players: first, they&#8217;re playing to keep eligibility for the following year [ed: top 125]. Two, in keeping a card, you qualify to enter into the following year&#8217;s FedEx Cup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:41<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Top 144 on FedEx Cup points list after the third week in August will start the Championship Series.&#8221; The first three events are 144-player fields. The top 30 points earners then go into the Tour Championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:43<\/strong> &#8211; Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia, and someone else are on stage to comment. Adam Scott: &#8220;Big change, gives us something else to focus on, and a more compact, intense season. Gives players the opportunity to take some time off or, for players like me, to go back and play in Australia or whatever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:44<\/strong> &#8211; Sergio: &#8220;It will bring us together and in the first eight months you&#8217;ll see more of us than you normally see. Players like us will play more in the US, I think, because we can go elsewhere after the Tour Championship or get some nice rest for the next season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:45<\/strong> &#8211; The third player is Olin Browne, we discover. &#8220;I&#8217;m 46, so I do need the rest. I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;m buying into Adam and Sergio needing the rest. Anything we can do to make it more exciting is good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:47<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Q: Was there any concern that this schedule caters to the top players?&#8221; Olin: &#8220;It offers guys on the fringes to come in and let their play do the talking. I have struggled to maintain my card, but I&#8217;ve been well within the top 144 that would get into the Championship Series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:48<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Q: Where are you going to hang out when the season ends, and will the events after the Tour Championship be lacking in top names?&#8221; Olin Browne: &#8220;The tournaments have a long and historic history and players have supported them, and a lot of players will probably continue to support the events. All things being equal, they&#8217;ll continue to get support.&#8221; The questioner then asks Finchem what the attraction will be for the Fall Finish for fans and top players. Finchem: &#8220;A player who has played in September\/October will keep playing. There&#8217;s a chance the others who play only one or two events may not play much at all. Davis Love III said it&#8217;s a rare player who won&#8217;t play any golf for two or three months and then start a new year. They&#8217;ll be good tournaments on popular golf courses. The fall will be fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:51<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Q: Are there some tournaments in jeopardy of going away? Will there be opposite field events earlier in the year?&#8221; Tim: &#8220;There will be opposite-field events earlier in the year, yes. Total tournaments will be about the same in &#8217;06 and &#8217;07. If we do eliminate opposite-field events, it won&#8217;t be to shorten the list of tournaments. It&#8217;d be because they don&#8217;t bring the level of quality we like on the PGA Tour. There are none of these right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:53<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Q: If the FedEx Cup has such significance week to week, will that change your schedule and how often you go back to play in Europe?&#8221; Scott: &#8220;Majors and World Golf events still count for both. I haven&#8217;t seen the schedule, but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;ll change my schedule. I&#8217;m sure it won&#8217;t be an issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:54<\/strong> &#8211; The players depart and Tim comes back. The phone lines are open. The New York Times has the first question: &#8220;The changes sound like the NASCAR thing. How much is this like that?&#8221; Finchem: &#8220;We have had the Schwab Cup on the Champions Tour for a number of years. We&#8217;ve had some experience in year-long competitions, it&#8217;s structured differently. We have paid attention to the other sports, but we think this is unique.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:57<\/strong> &#8211; Florida Times Union: &#8220;Have you had any kind of informal sounding out with your TV partners? Did you get any kind of indication? Date change for the Players Championship?&#8221; Finchem: &#8220;On TV part, yeah, we&#8217;ve given them a general flavor, and they see the possibilities for strengthening the product. With respect to the Players, we&#8217;re focused on the possibility of moving to May.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:59<\/strong> &#8211; Commercial Appeal: &#8220;Stanford Financial owns a big part of a Nicklaus course down there. Will the tournament change venues?&#8221; Finchem: &#8220;The infrastructure is not in place for us to consider it at this moment. We may look at it down the road.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:00<\/strong> &#8211; Chicago Tribune: &#8220;We&#8217;ve heard things about course rotations for the Championship Series year to year&hellip;&#8221; Finchem: &#8220;In one or more cases we may look at some rotation. We&#8217;ve had some conversation with different clubs from the midwest. Bellerive, for example. Cancelled because of 9\/11, and we&#8217;ve wanted to go back ever since. We just want good golfers on good courses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:02<\/strong> &#8211; Q: &#8220;How do you address some of the concerns of some of the tournament directors that this is leading to a two-tier system between haves and have-nots?&#8221; Finchem: &#8220;There&#8217;s no issue there. I heard the concerns eight years ago when we added the WGC events. We&#8217;ve grown, and lifted everyone up with that. Every event can market itself successfully with good management. The FedEx Cup will increase that dimension, that value.&#8221; I think the question was directed more at the Fall Finish events, which aren&#8217;t part of the FedEx Cup&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:04<\/strong> &#8211; Q: &#8220;What benefit for a higher seed going into the final events?&#8221; Finchem: &#8220;You want to be a high seed because you&#8217;re not starting from zero: you&#8217;ll have a set of points as a base walking into the first event. We&#8217;ll show you some models at The Players next year to show you how things would have happened in previous seasons, and you&#8217;ll see the volatility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:06<\/strong> &#8211; Q: &#8220;Phil Mickelson is not here this week. Have you spoken with him? Are you concerned or disappointed?&#8221; Finchem: &#8220;I&#8217;m disappointed that he&#8217;s not here. You always want all 30 players here, so I&#8217;m disappointed. We&#8217;re not gonna gnash teeth, but I&#8217;m disappointed he&#8217;s not here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:07<\/strong> &#8211; Q: &#8220;Will the Championship Series be new events?&#8221; Finchem: &#8220;At least two will be existing events, maybe all three. However, one or more may move around between or to different golf courses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:08<\/strong> &#8211; Q: &#8220;The bonus payout at the end of the FedEx Cup. Is that a lump sum? You said the largest in pro sports: is that for the winner or as a whole?&#8221; Finchem: &#8220;The individual who wins would be to that individual the largest for any single person because a variety of revenue streams come together to make that. The payouts down from that will be significant too. It does not count as Official money on the money list.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:10<\/strong> &#8211; Finchem: &#8220;Thanks for being here. We&#8217;ve done the easy part in talking about this, and now we have to go out and execute it. Thanks a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/pgatour.com\/info\/company\/story\/9018648\" title=\"Dramatic Changes to 2007 Tour Schedule\" class=\"external external_icon\">information available at PGATour.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re live blogging Tim Finchem&#8217;s speech on the changes coming to the PGA Tour season in 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[98,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot_topics","category-pga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Live Blogging Tim Finchem&#039;s Speech (Hot Topics, PGA) - The Sand Trap .com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/pga\/live_blogging_tim_finchems_speech\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Live Blogging Tim Finchem&#039;s Speech (Hot Topics, PGA) - The Sand Trap .com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"We&#039;re live blogging Tim Finchem&#039;s speech on the changes coming to the PGA Tour season in 2007.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/imgs\/pga\/pga_tour_logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@the_sand_trap\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@the_sand_trap\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erik J. 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