USGA says attendance met goals
by fontoknow (2019-07-11 11:08:12)

In reply to: I thought it was a good advert.  posted by D8NDomer

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ND says over 100K attended during the course of the week.

I don't think ND will ever host a major PGA event, but I could see them hosting a senior event like the Senior Open or the Senior Championship again. I could see them hosting an LPGA major as well.



I worked 4 PGA events at Valhalla
by NDoggie78  (2019-07-11 14:20:42)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Two PGA Championship, a Ryder Cup, and a Senior PGA Championship.
Huge crowds for the 3 regular tour events - large crowd for the Senior, but not near what the regular tour drew. I think this is par for the course (pun intended). And Louisville has a bigger metro area to draw from.

I was at Warren Sunday for the final round, and thought that was a decent size crowd especially considering the heat and the fact Stricker was pretty much assured of winning - no drama. Pros had nothing but good things to say about ND and the course. Had to be good PR for the University.

It wouldn't surprise me to see the Senior PGA take an event to other college courses.
Summer events on college campuses make sense
by fontoknow  (2019-07-11 14:36:26)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

they typically have a lot of extra capacity since their undergraduates are away.

Warren has a decided advantage for parking as well as ingress and egress to the toll road.