{"id":1957,"date":"2005-05-16T07:31:07","date_gmt":"2005-05-16T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kir.com\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2005-05-16T07:31:07","modified_gmt":"2005-05-16T12:31:07","slug":"more_favorable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kir.com\/?p=1957","title":{"rendered":"More favorable date for the Shell Houston Open?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pga_tour_logo.gif\"<\/a>As noted in this previous post<\/a><\/strong>, the Shell Houston Open<\/a><\/strong> has suffered for years because it is played two weeks after The Masters Tournament when most of the best players are taking a break before gearing up for the U.S. Open in June.
\nHowever, the PGA Tour is currently negotiating a new television contract and, in that connection, is considering a revamped schedule that would move the Players Championship’s current late March date to a more favorable date in May. This Florida Times-Union article<\/a><\/strong> on the subject sets forth the following tournament schedule model that is being considered as an alternative to the current one, and this schedule would give the Shell Houston Open a much more favorable date the week before the Players Championship:<\/p>\n


\nJanuary<\/strong>
\nMercedes Championship, Hawaii
\nSony Open, Hawaii
\nBuick Invitational, La Jolla, Calif.
\nBob Hope Chrysler Classic, Palm Desert, Calif.
\nFebruary<\/strong>
\nFBR Open, Scottsdale, Ariz.
\nAT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
\nNissan Open, Los Angeles
\nChrysler Classic of Tucson
\nMarch<\/strong>
\nFord Championship at Doral, Miami
\nHonda Classic, Palm Beach Gardens
\nBay Hill Invitational, Orlando
\nAccenture Match Play, Innisbrook
\nApril<\/strong>
\nBellSouth Classic, Atlanta
\nMasters, Augusta, Ga.
\nMCI Heritage, Hilton Head, S.C.
\nShell Houston Open
\nMay<\/strong>
\nPlayers Championship
\nWachovia Championship, Charlotte, N.C.
\nEDS Byron Nelson Championship, Irving, Texas
\nMasterCard Colonial, Fort Worth, Texas
\nFedEx St. Jude Classic, Memphis, Tenn.
\nJune<\/strong>
\nMemorial, Dublin, Ohio
\nBooz Allen Classic, Potomac, Md.
\nU.S. Open
\nBarclays Classic, Westchester, N.Y.
\nJuly<\/strong>
\nWestern Open, Lemont, Ill.
\nAmerican Express Invitational
\nBritish Open (B.C. Open, Endicott, N.Y., the same week)
\nU.S. Bank Championship, Milwaukee
\nAugust<\/strong>
\nBuick Open, Warwick Hills, Mich.
\nInternational, Castle Rock, Colo.
\nPGA Championship
\nNEC Invitational (Reno-Tahoe Open the same week)
\nSeptember<\/strong>
\nDeutsche Bank Championship, Norton, Mass.
\nTour Championship, Atlanta (John Deere Classic, Silva, Ill., same week).
\nEnd of official money season and beginning of next official money season.
\n<\/em>
\nSeptember<\/strong>
\nBell Canadian Open
\n84 Lumber Classic, Farmington, Pa.
\nSouthern Farm Bureau Classic, Annandale, Miss.
\nOctober<\/strong>
\nValero Texas Open
\nChrsyler Classic of Greensboro
\nMichelin Championship of Las Vegas
\nFunai Classic at Disney World
\nEnd of official money events for calendar year<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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