Are Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy Disrespecting Golf by No-Showing at the WGC-HSBC?

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Published: November 2, 2012

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He’s not the first tournament director to express disappointment with the non-participation of players in an event but Giles Morgan, the group head of sponsorship at HSBC, took that to a new level this week.

The World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions event in Shenzhen, China features thirteen of the top twenty players in the world, including seven of the top 10. But it’s two of the missing players—Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods—that drew Morgan’s ire.

“Of course we’re disappointed not to have the two top players in the world,” Morgan said on Tuesday in a story in The Telegraph (UK). “Both have sent me apologies, but this is an event which should be regarded by all players as it is by the tours and the media as one of the top events in the world.

“Therefore I feel strongly the top players should be here. I believe golfers have a responsibility to their sponsors. Without the sponsors there isn’t professional golf. I speak on behalf of the industry.”

Perhaps he does, but over the years the industry has become tolerant of the fact that professional golfers, being the vagabond group they are, will pick and choose the tournaments that suit their personal schedule best.

Officials at every professional golf tournament believe that they have the best event on the calendar.

It doesn’t take the pros long to figure out what courses they like, what tournaments they like, where they get the best treatment and how their year-long schedule best comes together.



So what prompted Morgan to go after the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the world?

Well, starting in August, McIlroy played seven of nine weeks. He was off for most of October before returning to play in the BMW Championship at the end of the month. He’s going to play three of the remaining four events on the European Tour as he tries to win ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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