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Fans were already learning social distancing during MLB's spring training. Photo: Gregory Bull/AP Images

Special Report: How COVID-19 has Changed the Sports-Event Industry

After months of waiting, you and your spouse are heading to the stadium. After a wait of what seems like forever to be at a game, your mobile tickets are loaded on the phone as you get out of your car and head over to the stadium entrance, making sure to stop six feet from […]

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On Assignment: Four Days of Golf, A Year in the Making

When fans enter the gates at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, they can gawk at the elevation changes and some of the most historic holes in championship golf. They can enjoy activations and different sponsorship stands at almost every fairway. And if they think because the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational is a four-day affair that […]

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Longtime PGA Tour Event Renamed The American Express

The legendary PGA Tour event hosted for decades by Bob Hope, after one year without a sponsor, has found a new partner ahead of the 2019–2020 season. Known last January as the Desert Classic, the event at La Quinta, California, will be called The American Express as part of a multi-year agreement with the credit […]

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PGA Tour Announces Korn Ferry as Title Sponsor

The PGA Tour has struck a deal with Korn Ferry to have it serve as a title sponsor of the newly named Korn Ferry Tour starting this weekend. The Los Angeles-based global organizational consulting firm signed a 10-year sponsorship agreement. The announcement was made by PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, Korn Ferry Chief Executive Officer […]

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PGA Tour Appoints Alexandra Baldwin as President of the Web.com Tour

The PGA Tour has named Alexandra “Alex” Baldwin as president of the Web.com Tour, making her the first female to lead one of the PGA Tour’s six global circuits as president. The Web.com Tour (formerly the Nationwide Tour) is a developmental tour that serves as the primary path for players to potentially reach the PGA Tour. Baldwin previously served as […]

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