New Posts For Thread: Andalucia Masters Cancelledhttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/29375677/andalucia-masters-cancelledsad news, another one gone, another blank week in europeProspective sponsors do not want to invest in tournaments - sky-broadcast or not - where tumbleweed is the only thing seen blowing along the side of the fairway. The courses have a higher yield on turnstile clicks than TV clicks; its no surprise a chttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/29375677/andalucia-masters-cancelled?post_id=524169687#524169687Prospective sponsors do not want to invest in tournaments - sky-broadcast or not - where tumbleweed is the only thing seen blowing along the side of the fairway. The courses have a higher yield on turnstile clicks than TV clicks; its no surprise a cSat, 15 Sep 2012 15:36:58 -0500thats,,,,,,,,, UK- untilin the starred out bit above, without the spacelol at the censorshttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/29375677/andalucia-masters-cancelled?post_id=524150779#524150779thats,,,,,,,,, UK- untilin the starred out bit above, without the spacelol at the censorsSat, 15 Sep 2012 05:22:17 -0500britain had to suspend its sport taxation laws to enable the olympics to attract top athletesi'm not sure if the irish open gets a waiver if its played within northern irelandseemingly garcia has had issues about playing in the open in the past becauhttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/29375677/andalucia-masters-cancelled?post_id=524150341#524150341britain had to suspend its sport taxation laws to enable the olympics to attract top athletesi'm not sure if the irish open gets a waiver if its played within northern irelandseemingly garcia has had issues about playing in the open in the past becauSat, 15 Sep 2012 05:05:40 -0500Thinking about that , Mighty , you are probably right for most tournaments these days in Europe .Think it was free entry for Italian Open , certainly yesterday , and it was well supported , not sure how many there would be there if it required partihttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/29375677/andalucia-masters-cancelled?post_id=524142807#524142807Thinking about that , Mighty , you are probably right for most tournaments these days in Europe .Think it was free entry for Italian Open , certainly yesterday , and it was well supported , not sure how many there would be there if it required partiFri, 14 Sep 2012 20:01:26 -0500Money through the gates is chicken feed. Tournaments need sponsors. That is the big problem europe has.https://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/29375677/andalucia-masters-cancelled?post_id=524132355#524132355Money through the gates is chicken feed. Tournaments need sponsors. That is the big problem europe has.Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:55:29 -0500No Madrid Masters this year either and apparently if it wasn't for Jimenez putting his hand into his own back pocket,The Open de Andulucia that Julien Quesne won this year wouldn't have happened either.It's going to get a lot worse before it gets bethttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/29375677/andalucia-masters-cancelled?post_id=524123493#524123493No Madrid Masters this year either and apparently if it wasn't for Jimenez putting his hand into his own back pocket,The Open de Andulucia that Julien Quesne won this year wouldn't have happened either.It's going to get a lot worse before it gets betFri, 14 Sep 2012 09:13:37 -0500All about numbers through the gates. I have been to the last two matchplays at Finca and the last two events at Valderrama. Crowds were ludicrously thin; ironically, this made for the best viewing by far.A shame, but no real surprise. There were phttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/29375677/andalucia-masters-cancelled?post_id=524122369#524122369All about numbers through the gates. I have been to the last two matchplays at Finca and the last two events at Valderrama. Crowds were ludicrously thin; ironically, this made for the best viewing by far.A shame, but no real surprise. There were pFri, 14 Sep 2012 08:28:06 -0500duffman is worth watching, red. he's coming to perth.https://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/29375677/andalucia-masters-cancelled?post_id=524113851#524113851duffman is worth watching, red. he's coming to perth.Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:40:25 -0500A lot of the tourist areas of the world are set up for the years of plenty we were largely experiencing up to about 2008 . Spain is just one of those , and over dependence on tourism does carry dangers if there is any recession . People just dont trhttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/29375677/andalucia-masters-cancelled?post_id=524112239#524112239A lot of the tourist areas of the world are set up for the years of plenty we were largely experiencing up to about 2008 . Spain is just one of those , and over dependence on tourism does carry dangers if there is any recession . People just dont trThu, 13 Sep 2012 21:00:40 -0500the money the tourist board or local council spent must surely be recovered by the exposure the area receivesand the visitors that turn up throughout the year, driven by golf tourism and non golf tourismi was down that way for easter, not golfing, buhttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/29375677/andalucia-masters-cancelled?post_id=524107229#524107229the money the tourist board or local council spent must surely be recovered by the exposure the area receivesand the visitors that turn up throughout the year, driven by golf tourism and non golf tourismi was down that way for easter, not golfing, buThu, 13 Sep 2012 17:22:21 -0500