Menu
Leagues and Governing Bodies

Study Shows LPGA Players Bemoan Pay Gap, Look For More Collaboration With PGA Tour

The "biggest issue facing" women's golf right now is the "pay gap" between the LPGA and PGA Tour, according to a recent survey cited by Anna Katherine Clemmons of ESPN.com. Of the 49 LPGA players who participated in the survey, 35% cited the pay gap as the women's circuit most significant issue. The total purse at the men's U.S. Open in June was $12M while this week's U.S. Women's Open is $5M -- "which happens to be a record on the women's side." Nearly 20% of players thought "getting more viewership and overall media coverage was key to their cause." Of responders, 12% said that their schedule, which "often bounces from East Coast to West Coast is the biggest issue." Meanwhile, a "whopping" 92% of surveyed LPGA players believe there "should be more of a working connection between the LPGA and PGA Tour," though Clemmons noted both tours "announced a strategic partnership in recent years." Asked about President Trump's impact on women's golf, 33% of players "still wouldn't comment." But of those that did give him a grade, 27% "marked him as A-minus or above," while 55% "said B-minus or above." Not a "single player said she would skip the U.S. Women's Open," which this week is being held at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (ESPN.com, 7/10). 

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2017/07/12/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/LPGA.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2017/07/12/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/LPGA.aspx

CLOSE