"Hardin and Schlosser slandering Forest Oaks
Regarding the ongoing comparisons your reporters make between Forest Oaks and Sedgefield:Why is it necessary to continue your negative rhetoric about Forest Oaks? Sedgefield now has the PGA Tournament. Understandably, politics drove the move back to Sedgefield (just as politics drove it out of Sedgefield when that community became disgruntled with it).
What is this continued negative narrative regarding Forest Oaks? It is irresponsible reporting by Ed Hardin and Jim Schlosser. The slanderous harassment in the spring of this year left a bad taste in the mouths of volunteers who spent long hot, cold, wet or sunburned hours for the event that offered our city and county some of the best national coverage ever — and they did it year after year!
Forest Oaks Country Club hosted the tournament for almost 30 years, some good, some not so good.Our family has personally enjoyed 20 years of living in the chaos during this exciting sports event. If you have a personal vendetta then have at it, but leave the Forest Oaks homeowners out of it. If you want to prove yourselves as responsible reporters, then it is time to own up and offer a public apology."
Carol Dail
Greensboro
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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Letter to the Editor of the News & Record
"During the last 50 years, we have seen rivalries among Triad cities (and their leaders) obstructing regional cooperation and development. To name a few examples: the two airports dispute, the county line sports complex failure, the fight for Dell and the controversy to finish the Randleman dam project — now finally resolved.
Earlier efforts to reconcile and join forces have come up short. Hurt feelings from the previous effort to secede from Guilford County, while minimized through compromise, linger even now.
Now, through the efforts of the Piedmont Triad Foundation Inc., we have real opportunity to build an economic region as competitive and desirable as Research Triangle Park or Mecklenburg.
In his recent presentation to the Greensboro Kiwanis Club, Foundation President Bobby Long explained how the Wyndham Piedmont Regional Golf Tournament, promoted by the enthusiastic efforts of leaders and supporters throughout the region, is reinstating our historic golf tournament — no longer the GGO, but now the Piedmont Regional. Even more important to us all, he said, the tournament begins re-establishment of the economic and competitive status of the Piedmont Triad Region, second to none.
It is time for us to pitch in and support this new hope for the future.
Richmond G. Bernhardt Jr.
Greensboro"
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Earlier efforts to reconcile and join forces have come up short. Hurt feelings from the previous effort to secede from Guilford County, while minimized through compromise, linger even now.
Now, through the efforts of the Piedmont Triad Foundation Inc., we have real opportunity to build an economic region as competitive and desirable as Research Triangle Park or Mecklenburg.
In his recent presentation to the Greensboro Kiwanis Club, Foundation President Bobby Long explained how the Wyndham Piedmont Regional Golf Tournament, promoted by the enthusiastic efforts of leaders and supporters throughout the region, is reinstating our historic golf tournament — no longer the GGO, but now the Piedmont Regional. Even more important to us all, he said, the tournament begins re-establishment of the economic and competitive status of the Piedmont Triad Region, second to none.
It is time for us to pitch in and support this new hope for the future.
Richmond G. Bernhardt Jr.
Greensboro"
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Letter to the Editor of the News & Record
"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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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
This letter came from the following link. To read more comments go to:
http://blog.news-record.com/opinion/letters/archives/2008/02/for_golf_tournament_schedule_i.shtml#comments
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