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Old 05-02-2015, 08:38 PM
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I'm sure the number of views declines significantly when the big name players are eliminated. That is a problem for the sponsors.
That's exactly why the PGA changed their championship to medal play back in 1957. Hogan, Snead, Nelson, Casper, Palmer and Middlecoff were all eliminated early and Jackie Burke Jy defeated Ted Kroll in the finals and no one cared.
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