Does the PGA Tour need a new Commissioner?

[ipark1303]

Curious to hear your opinion...

(I will post my opinion later, so I will leave the thread as objective as possible!)

[iacas]

No, but the LPGA does.

[ipark1303]

No, but the LPGA does.

Ha ha ha,

Thank you for your comment, brief but precise as always! I can agree with you on the LPGA, but I actually disagree for Mr. Finchem. (I know that it's always easy to criticize someone from our position!) I always like to challenge my ideas and prove myself wrong.... so I started this thread. IMO, there are several issues that the current Commissioner has not been able to give a definite plan of intervention (I will try to be brief otherwise, I am going to write an encyclopedia!): 1. Drug Testing Any word of when it is going to be implemented...as Tiger said, we are not proactive on this one. (As Erik said in one of the older podcast, let's do it and take out any doubts... we are clean, so let's prove it.) 2. Fedex Cup This is Golf, not Nascar...and who can states that this year is more exciting than last year season? Did anything change? More money for sure... more quality... uhm, dunno. 3. Tiger and other players control It is obvious that players do whatever they like... players control PGA and not the opposite. I know that Tiger is Tiger, but he is also a member of the PGA and he must abide to certain rules. If everyone starts to follow his example of skipping tournaments (I understand he cannot play all of them, but the Tour championship...c'mon!), the PGA is going to be anarchy 4. Commissioner Salary Commissioner was reported to make more than $4 millions last year... this position should be an honorary appointed position with no monetary remuneration... not even the President of USA makes that money!) 5. Equipment and Technological Advance This is actually ruled by the USGA and the R&A; St. Andrews, but PGA Tour must put some limits... players like Tom Watson, Tom Kite, Corey Pavin, Jeff Sluman, Nick Price, etc. has been disappearing. Is it fun to watch players blasting driver and wedge in most of the holes? 6. PGA Tour Image and Golf Introduction to Minorities Money, money, money (which is good...) but we need quality and we also should promote and introduce golf to more people. Golf has the advantage of having maybe the best player of history and the Tour can try to spread the game to more people and make it more accessible to everyone (especially minorities). Very little has been done and everyone looks more at his own pockets instead of contributing more to the benefit of the community. IMO, we really need to have a more charismatic figure. The perfect commissioner would be someone who had a past as a Tour Player. Few years ago, Greg Norman was very interested in the position. I would be very happy to see him on the job, as we need someone who understands players and has a lot of charisma and influence on them. Now, I am ready to be "bombarded" by any comments or opinions.....please, don't hit too hard!!!