Comments on: 17-year old Kiran Matharu denied trip to LPGA Qualifying School

By: Golf Babes: Kiran Matharu

Golf Babes: Kiran Matharu — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:18:47 +0000

[...] Haven’t heard of Kiran Matharu? Don’t worry. You’ll be hearing plenty about her soon enough.Kiran is the next great player to emerge from Great Britain. Still just 17, she’ll be playing in the Ladies European Tour Q-School coming up. Stupidly, LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens rejected Matharu’s request to play the LPGA’s qualifying tournament.Matharu, a protege of Nick Faldo, played on the GB&I Curtis Cup team this year, recently won the Ladies English Amateur Championship, and has placed highly in her few appearances at professional events.Labels: Kiran Matharu [...]

By: Golf Swing Secrets Revealed » Archive » British-Indian Teen Matharu Hailed As the Female Tiger Woods

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:00:56 +0000

[...] Faldo predicts great things for the teenager, and was quoted in the media as saying: “Kiran combines a great game with a steady nerve and I’m confident that, with a little more experience, she will be in a position to challenge for the very highest honours that the ladies game has to offer.” [...]

By: ShopRite LPGA pulls plug over scheduling conflict » OTB Sports

ShopRite LPGA pulls plug over scheduling conflict » OTB Sports — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:39:43 +0000

[...] 17-year old Kiran Matharu denied trip to LPGA Qualifying School LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens has to go LPGA + McDonald’s + The Golf Channel= A ‘Major’ Disaster [...]

By: JONinFLA

JONinFLA — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:00:56 +0000

I competely disagree. The LPGA has been defined by poor management until Ty Votaw came around, and his role was to make peace and prop-up the organization into stability.

Carolyn was hired to bring change, and that just does not occurr without people getting angry. The tourney ops were doing just fine, the TV guys were doing just fine, and the top players were doing just fine. The problem was the remainder of the field, most of the LPGA players continued to be without the most fundamental health and retirement benefits that the other professional leagues provide.

She has stated over and over again that the quality of the product does not match the rights fees paid by the tourneys and the TV packagers. Once a new tourney sched is assembled, and a new TV package including international and InternetTV is put in place, these players will realize that this change was the best thing that ever happened to this tour.

By: George Frost

George Frost — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:27:52 +0000

I completely agree. I’ve been talking to quite a number of LPGA players and some of the agents that work with them. There are huge disappointments and worries among the rank and file.
What Annika has said “diplomatically”, others have phrased much more harshly.
It will take 3-4 tournament sponsors to get together and force the LPGA board to drop her.

By: Women's Golf | LPGA Players

Women's Golf | LPGA Players — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

s current commissioner, Carolyn Bivens, is quite a controversy. Her negotiations with sponsors seem to go against everything previous commissionser’s spent years building. Please read some her of recent accomplishments at OTB Sports

By: » Gone Hollywood

» Gone Hollywood — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Beltway Traffic Jam Damascus Embassy Attack: Al Qaeda? Amateurs? Assad PsyOp? So Much for Scientific Consensus [IMG OTB Sports] ESPN Scores Highest Rating Ever with Monday Night Football Opening Week Overreaction 17-year old Kiran Matharu denied trip to LPGA Qualifying School Seahawks Sign Branch to $39M Deal, Pats Charge Tampering NFL Players Average $1.7 Million from TV Deal Pats Trade Branch to Seahawks for 1st Round Pick In memory of Ken Marino, NYC Firefighter, Father, Husband, and Baseball/Strat-O-Matic fan