Letter to the Editor of the News & Record

"Paper's negative spin on tourney helps no one

It has been disappointing in recent days to observe how the News & Record has prominently focused on potential negative aspects of this year's golf tournament, to the exclusion of addressing the many positive aspects of this, one of the country's longest-running professional golf events. There are some exciting new faces in the tournament with interesting stories to tell, and the newspaper should be digging these out and presenting them to us.

Instead, the tenor of the coverage has been very disrespectful to the community and tour professionals and is dismissive of the thousands of hours spent by community leaders and volunteers to keep this tournament as a showcase for the Piedmont area of North Carolina.The icing on the cake is that, after all the negative coverage, the editorial page exhorted citizens to come out and support the tournament. Somebody needs to talk to somebody. "

Jon Maxwell
Greensboro

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