Shark: Finchem Must Be Using Smoke And Mirrors
/Derek Lawrenson scores an exclusive interview with Greg Norman, who talks about how losing the Open last year was nothing compared with laying off his staff.
In a sidebar he also is quoted about the PGA Tour:
United States Tour: Commissioner Tim Finchem must be using smoke and mirrors to keep it buoyant, that's all I can say. Either that or he's working his way through a huge war chest. We run one tournament and I know how hard it is getting sponsorship. Multiply that by how many tournaments he runs. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes, to tell you the truth.
And this on the U.S. economy:
It's dead and it's a long time before it's coming back. Run what's considered a small to medium business like mine, in the $200million to $500m turnover range and there's no incentives to grow. It's going to take a long time for business to recover and the rest of the world is going to recover quicker than America.