A Shame For The Nationwide Tour..

Phil Kosin reports on and laments the loss of one of the premier stops on the Nationwide Tour. He explains how it had become such a nice annual gathering.

Update on 2008-12-04 02:58 by Geoff

Ed Sherman offers this on his Chicago Business sports blog:

A Bank of America spokesman stressed the decision wasn't based on current economic conditions. Instead, he said it goes back to 2005, when the company decided to move away from title sponsorships in golf.

"This is consistent with what we're trying to do," the spokesman said.

He said the company will continue to sponsor the Bank of America Marathon in Chicago. That's great for runners, not so great for golf fans.

Well, Bank of America is off my list!