Tiger Woods no longer necessary to draw fans, says sponsor rep

Giles Morgan is HSBC’s global head of sponsorship, with control over the global bank’s investments in a pair of big golf tournaments, including this week’s WGC-HSBC Champions in China.  Like a prudent investment banker, Morgan has evaluated the return HSBC was getting on paying Tiger Woods big bucks for their January event in Abu Dhabi […]

Teeing Off: Are December events necessary for golf?

Welcome to Teeing Off, where Devil Ball editor Shane Bacon and national columnist Jay Busbee take a day’s topic and smack it all over the course. Suggest a future topic by hitting us on Twitter at@shanebacon and @jaybusbee. Today we talk about the Silly Season, and if these golf tournaments help or hurt the game. […]