Liberty National Needs To Expand Into Bird Habitat If It Want To Keep Hosting Those Rapidly Growing Playoffs!

Tracy Tully of the New York Times considers the need of Liberty National to add three holes in a migratory bird habitat called Caven Point if it wants to keep hosting big-time professional events.

Naturally, golfers can understand the desire of adding new waterfront holes on the landfill-converted course, but it’s the rationale being pushed that strains: the economic viability of Liberty National, tournament venue.

“If we are not able to accommodate what these tournaments need, then they will simply go somewhere else that can,” said Chris Donnelly, a spokesman for Liberty National.

Because there are so few options in the greater Met market.

And then there are those playoffs.

A spokeswoman for the state’s Economic Development Authority said the agency had no estimate of the economic value to the state from the four PGA tournaments held at Liberty National since 2009.

A spokesman for the PGA Tour, Joel Schuchmann, confirmed that the size of Liberty National had become a consideration, particularly for the Northern Trust, which is the first event in its FedEx Cup playoffs each year.

“It’s true that as the PGA Tour, and the FedEx Cup playoffs specifically, continue to grow in stature and interest among our fans, media and partners, so does the need to make certain the proper footprint is in place,” Mr. Schuchmann said in a statement.

First the golf ball rendering so many courses useless, and now the playoffs getting so big that they’re limited where they can go. So sad.