You should ask Lorena Ochoa whether she thinks Mike Whan is the. greatest. Eva.
Did really care to look at the events played column here huh?
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She actually retired because of Mike Whan. Couldn’t stand him after 4 months of his tenure.
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Why should we? If Mike gets credit for the economy, he should get dinged for COVID, no?
(The 2019 numbers are substantively identical.)
Stick to the lawyer bit.
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Sorry, is this DIsc Jockey territory?
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Nelly made more per event than Lorena.
Cool. She had a better year. Is Mike Whan Nelly’s coach, too??
2 things can be correct @anon47037505:
Mike Whan was handed a great situation (I kinda doubt this)
Mike Whan knew where to knock on doors and did so well
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Yes, he did a fine job. And was in the right place at the right time. To say he’s done more for the LPGA than anyone in history is some cult nonsense.
No it’s finance.
What is Mike Whan’s legacy? To answer that question, I’m transported back two years ago to Gleneagles, Scotland, where a 92-year-old Shirley Spork, wearing a 3-foot tall red-white-and-blue top hat, parked herself on a rowdy first tee to soak in an electric Solheim Cup that she laid the groundwork for as one of the LPGA’s 13 Founders.
Commissioner Whan, who on Wednesday announced his plans to step down from his post in 2021, created the Founders Cup in 2011 to celebrate the LPGA’s past and build toward the future. He also made sure the founders themselves were annually given a couple of all-expense-paid trips to LPGA events, along with an appearance fee.
I think of Spork in that ridiculously wonderful hat because Whan saved the tour Spork helped to start by going back to the beginning and rebuilding with a Founders-like mentality.
The turnaround numbers are striking: tournaments up 50 percent; prize money up 85 percent; TV coverage up 150 percent (30 percent in 2020!); LPGA revenue up 100 percent.
The area of growth that really gets Whan’s heart pumping is girls golf. When Whan took the helm, 15 percent of junior golfers were female and now that number is just under 40 percent. And that kind of substantial growth in girls golf can be seen worldwide, a nod to Whan’s decision to embrace the global nature of the LPGA and make it a strength.
I’m going with Beth Ann over you, @anon47037505. Sorry. She’s got a bit of a better feel me thinks.
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Someone let me know when it’s safe to bring up Mike Whan’s use of the third person
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I do finance real good.
How much has the S&P 500 (or any broad market index of your choosing) increased since January 2010?
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She’s also relentlessly positive. She’s probably written glowing things about Mike Davis, too.
Who cares, ‘greatest’ conversations are pretty futile. I don’t think anyone here really knows enough about women’s golf to even have an intelligent thought.
You form arguments equally as well as you finance.
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I’m not even sure Whan will be great at the USGA. Time will tell. I’m just very amused Duffer is trying to “meh” his LPGA tenure, which was undisputedly (except Duffer, I guess) great.
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If Mike Whan was actually a good CEO he would have invested the LPGA players into the S&P 500 in 2010.
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