Kelly Tilghman To Sit Down With...Mark Steinberg
/Golf Channel’s Kelly Tilghman will talk with Mark Steinberg Monday to discuss the agent’s future business endeavors. Golf Channel will air the interview at 11AM ET.
Steinberg, who has represented Tiger Woods since 1999, left International Management Group in May. Woods, who had been with IMG since turning professional in 1996, announced two weeks later, in June, that he would leave the company and remain with Steinberg.
Woods will not be present during the interview. He is recovering from knee and Achilles’ injuries and has not played since withdrawing from The Players Championship.
Curiously, Steinberg did not mention this (it appears) when refuting the reports of Tiger interview with Doug Ferguson of AP.
We already know what this is about...he's joining a new agency. Go back to watching the exciting finish to the U.S. Women's Open.
**Darren Rovell notes the task ahead of Steinberg in trying to sign Tiger to new deals, pointing out that Nike "hasn't really brought him back in the market fold." Rovell confirms that Tiger will be an Excel client but Annika is not sure yet, according to her "business manager."
Steinberg, who left IMG as the head of its global golf business last month, will bring his top client Tiger Woods with him, as non-compete clauses in his contract allowed.
It is not yet known whether he will bring the other client he was permitted to take with him, Annika Sorenstam. Sorenstam's business manager Mike McGee told CNBC that no final decision been made.
