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Show Notes
George O'Grady, the Chief Executive of the European Tour, discusses:
- Primary business model;
- Updated number of tournaments - total prize money;
- Contrast with the much richer PGA Tour - issues;
- Tournament venues - who decides where - when - etc;
- China - growing presence - WGC Shanghai -- issues - credibility - ranking points;
- Middle East Unrest - players are reluctant to make the trip - outlook for the game in MidEast;
- Competing Asian Tours - no sign of resolution soon -- how bad is this getting for the game - co-sanctioning point of view;
- GFC issues - exodus of top European players to PGA Tour Card - issues;
- Jetset calendar - downsides - jet lag, amongst other things - issues;
- The PGA Tour - converted its events to charities - whether / why European Tour considered this avenue;
- His and PGA Tour head Tim Finchem's reaction to Steve Williams' racist remark against Tiger Woods - reasons;
- his bet for the winner of the Maybank Malaysian Open 2013.
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