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Annika Needs a Mulligan on her Perfume

It’s the cross-branding concept du jour: celebrities releasing fragrances. Look at this list of Celebutards with celebuscents: Kate Moss, The Black Eyed Peas, Sarah Jessica Parker, Pam Anderson [joke removed by editors], Kim Kardashian P.Dippy…errr..P.Diddy, Mariah Carey, (which the ads say smells like roasted marshmallows and Moroccan incense, you...

Great stuff today from the NY Daily News, Bivens out as LPGA Commish

Two good articles: First, Hank Gola ia a great friend to golf and our staff. Here’s his new blog. Second, Golf Digest has this story about how Bivens is out, and the only open question is resignation or firing. I’m warning you right now, they might repeat the same mistakes if they don’t reject all of Bivens’s inner circle for a successor. They...

Ginn Resorts to End All Spornsorships of Golf Tournaments

Ginn Resorts has announced it will end all golf sponsorships immediately, spelling doom to two tournaments this year – one on the LPGA Tour and one on the Champions Tour. From the article: “Ginn still had three years remaining on its title sponsorship contract with the Champions Tour. PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw, who learned of the decision from a press...

The LPGA’s New English Language Requirement

As a lawyer, I’ll be doing my own research over the weekend. Until then here’s what Steve Czaban, Ron Sirak, Alan Shipnuck, and David Whitley had to say. Before anyone rushes off to condemn Bivens and the LPGA in a fit of knee-jerk political correctness, there are solid business reasons behind the decision and they are giving time and opportunity to the...

Michelle Wie Shoots 80, is presently T122d, Interview snippets are interesting

Her 73 yesterday was enough to “energize” her supporters into all their old self-delusions.  People were claiming she was “competitive” on the PGA Tour, and that she was ready to “make history.”  But after she finished today with a trunk-slammer round of 80, the key stats were these.  She averaged 24.5 putts per round and she...