Working tournaments for both PGA and LPGA and NBC Sports for 40+ years, the PGA has one person to thank for their money status: Tiger Woods. Once he came on the scene, everything changed: purses, hospitality at tournaments, security, ticket sales, all those salaries associated with running PGA tournaments, etc. One of the PGA personnel who trained me way back during my WGC Firestone CC days acknowledged the same to me. He gave credit to TW for his own uptick in salary.

That being said, once I worked an LPGA tournament, I will always defer to them vs PGA. More of a family atmosphere, players who are nicer to work with AND have a more relatable game. Heck, after a round of tournament golf last summer, Amy Olson was my pickleball partner at a local park! Other pros were there, too, but I understand Amy is acknowledged as best pball player on the LPGA Tour.

I would also comment that LPGA is a worldwide tour and in Asia, women pros rule! :bigbow:

If you take away the distance factor, the men will still outperform the women. There are lots of statistics that show that men play better than women in every aspect of the game, even at putting.

Last time I checked the LPGA was based here in Florida...Daytona Beach

GREAT POST❗️ I remember when I was in high school when the girls basketball team played they were lucky to have 100 people in attendance. When the boys team played it was standing room only. It’s always the folk who determine the market. :boom:

The best thing about the LPGA is short skirts!:shrug:

^^ This is probably right....at least according to this

U.S. Women's Open -- Who putts better, women or men?

And, if it is, you have to wonder why? Why can't women be as good as men around the green? Why can't they be better?

It's not just golf. Men dominate almost every competitive sport and game, even those that don't involve strength, like table tennis, billiards, and chess.

Yeah exactly...I just don't understand why. Now that you mention it....especially for something like chess. Female physicians do as well or possibly slightly better than male physicians. Obviously it doesn't apply to the long game....but the mid- and short game, women should be able to go toe to toe with the guys.

Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates for Medicare Patients Treated by Male vs Female Physicians | Health Care Economics, Insurance, Payment | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network

Joe

Oh they don't now?

Women are timed for their rounds and actually penalized for slow play
 

I don't find the women slower. And they actually penalize players for slow play, including the leaders. Never happens on men's tour. The women always play in threesomes and the men don't as often.