"Really, the break with ADT offers a telling microcosm for us to judge Bivens' larger approach."

I just got around to reading Jon Show's SBJ story revealing that the LPGA Tour and Commish Bivens have given up on trying to secure network coverage for next year, which would also mean that the break up decision with ADT to usher in a 2010 season opening swing is looking more disastrous by the day, even without mentioning Stanford Financial.

Check out what Randell Mell wrote back when the ADT news broke and the future grand plan was leaked:

Really, the break with ADT offers a telling microcosm for us to judge Bivens' larger approach.

Tour pros ought to scrutinize what's happening to this event very closely to see if the changes are really for the better or if something special's being damaged.

Bivens' remaking of this season-ending event and the break with ADT will tell us so much about the wisdom of her overall plan.

If she unveils a future to this championship that sounds convincingly better than the eight-year run ADT gave us, players should be encouraged. If she doesn't, they ought to be worried, and they ought to be asking hard questions of their commissioner. This has been a terrific event with a wonderful run. Players are sure to measure future events against it.