Twelfth installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. Adams Golf Rescues Rory It didn’t take long for someone to scoop up Rory Sabbatini, the controversial South African, who was last seen tipping the valet at Sherwood Country Club as he […]
Apologies to those who are just a few weeks removed from their contract law final. Feel free to stop reading now. By now you probably know that West Virginia University’s Board of Governors is suing former football coach Rich Rodriguez (inset) in order to collect a $4 million buyout of his contract with the school. […]
Eleventh installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. School’s Out Forever? Golf World’s Ryan Herrington reports that not surprisingly, 21-year-old South Korean native and UNLV junior Seung-Su Han decided to stay an amateur and play for the Rebels, at least […]
Tenth installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. 1. The State of the LPGA Has Never Been Better Two relatively recent articles within the past year (USA Today and BusinessWeek) relate to the current state of the now 59-year old […]
Mass Media law in the United States includes the tort of defamation (libel and slander) and is a surprisingly thorny subject matter. In fact, there are lawyers who devote their entire professional careers just to this subject. One question that immediately popped into my mind when I heard months ago that former U.S. Senator George […]
Ninth installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. 1. Take two pills and call me in the morning In light of the fact that drug testing on the PGA Tour will start July 8, 2008 after the Tiger Woods-hosted AT&T […]
Two college coaching contracts made a splash this week. University of Minnesota men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith finalized a contract Tuesday that will pay him $1.75 million annually, making him the highest-paid employee in University of Minnesota history. Smith’s seven-year contract was agreed upon roughly nine months after the former Kentucky coach was hired to […]
Eighth installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. 1. Q School’s Over Tour veteran Frank Lickliter II opened the six-day grindfest with consecutive 62’s and never looked back, completing a wire-to-wire victory at Orange County National in Winter Garden, FL […]
It’s not in time for Christmas, but a new book due out next month will still seem like a lump of coal in Reggie Bush’s stocking this holiday. Roughly one month after Lloyd Lake, a partner along with San Diego businessman Michael Michaels in the failed sports marketing agency New Era Sports & Entertainment, played […]
Seventh installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. 1. Q School: The Midway Point Three rounds out of six are in the books [see leaderboard] in the 2007 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament (Q School), where 166 players are playing for […]