Departing GC Exec: Golf Needs To Spice Things Up

No wonder Comcast had to move Page Thompson back to headquarters so that Dick Ebersol could take over Golf Channel when the Comcast/NBC merger is completed: he had some common sense ideas for livening up tournament golf. Naturally, none of these will fly with the executive ranks who experience ED drug symptoms when players take their hats off and shake hands at the end of a round.

Still, nice to see someone offering grounded, easy-to-implement ideas. Golf World Monday reports what Thompson would suggest more of:

- More variety of tournament formats

- More match play…draws higher ratings

- LPGA and Champions finishes on Saturday or Monday

- More sounds of the game innovations and expanded use of graphics