"For golf tournament, schedule is the problem
Regarding the editorial "Moving to Sedgefield will boost tournament":I don't understand the editorial board's perception that Sedgefield Country Club is more accessible to visitors from neighboring cities than Forest Oaks.
With the new I-85 bypass and the soon-to-open next leg of the Urban Loop, which will become I-40, both locations are about equally accessible, especially with the High Point Road interchange not opening until after High Point Road is re-routed.
The location of the Wyndham Championship has little bearing on attracting the big-name PGA Tour players. Clearly, it is the schedule because the Wyndham occurs after two consecutive major tournaments and then is followed by three weeks of the FedEx Championship Series.Last year we had all four weeks of the FedEx Championship Series after our tournament. This year, due to the Ryder Cup, they are giving the Tour players one week off before the Ryder Cup followed by the final FedEx Championship Tournament.
If the PGA doesn't somehow address the issue of tournaments such as ours lacking big-name Tour players, getting sponsors surely will become increasingly difficult.
Recently AT&T announced that this was the last year it would sponsor Atlanta's Tour tournament because of a lack of big-name tour players."
Chuck Jensen
Greensboro
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