Comments on: This Week’s Happy Hour With Jess & Steph: PGA Tour vs. Euro Tour

By: Cornroaster

Cornroaster — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:20:23 +0000

As to the content of the show, discussing the reasons that European pros are currently not joining the PGA Tour, I agree with your points but feel a couple more should be made.
1. The European Tour allows appearance fees while the PGA Tour doesn’t. As a result, the European Tour player can stay home and get a guaranteed paycheck.
2. IMHO, the PGA Tour has much more depth than the Euro Tour (witness the win of Mark Wilson in Hawaii.) It is much harder to make the cut in a PGA event.
3. I also feel the World Golf Rankings may give disproportionate points to the European Tour events, so a combination of weaker depth of field and disproportionate points make it easier to rise in the World rankings in Europe, which in turn brings about more endorsements and appearance fees.
Why should a European player come to the US when they can stay in Europe, get an appearance fee, play where it easier to make the cut, have lower transportation expenses, and end up with greater endorsement opportunities?

By: Dick Mahoon

Dick Mahoon — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:55:04 +0000

Hi Steph,

Call me an outcast but I don’t do facebook. Is there any other way to watch the webshow without having to use “facebook connect” thingy?

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:10:04 +0000

Steph,

So my company does coaching for large public company execs on their communications. Biggest thing with you is to SMILE. You get a little to serious and just a little bit more smiling would really improve the segment. Other than that I couldn’t find the bitch slapping…;(

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:39:25 +0000

@ducks24

I like the head tilt too, especially with the ponytail.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:37:00 +0000

That is a fun segment. I’m looking forward to a weekly dose of Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz discuss golf stuff.

By: ducks24

ducks24 — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:36:31 +0000

Very nice Steph. With Reege retiring, if you could bump Kelly, you two could have a morning talk show. It would give me an excuse to get out of bed earlier.

I like the angle of your head tilt. Looks very regal, continental, etc…

By: mavorba

mavorba — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:17:47 +0000

Haha, Steph, your couldn’t pay attention to what happened in the world because you were chilling on Hawaii