"And the list goes on."

Doug Ferguson puts Carolyn Bivens in her place for daring to call the PGA Tour an LPGA peer:

The total prize money on the LPGA Tour this year was about $54 million. Total prize money on the PGA Tour was $260 million.

The PGA Tour will get about $1 billion from its six-year contract with the television networks next year, along with a 15-year deal with The Golf Channel to broadcast weekday rounds. The LPGA Tour has to buy most of its television time, and some tournaments could not be found anywhere on TV.

There were a record 11 millionaires on the LPGA Tour this year. The PGA Tour had 93.

And the list goes on. 

Comments

[David Sucher]

I guess when it to money, commercial value as an enterprise and guys sitting around drinking beer watching TV, the men have it. So if money is the only factor, your guy is correct.

But I wonder if quality of play should a factor? (A factor in comparing the relative quality of different pro leagues.) Yes, (I assume) the men hit longer etc. But that is not a skill developed by any one particular pro but simeply god given along gender lines. It's not skill per se.

The short game & putting would seem to be a better basis of comparison as to skill. No? Just out of curiosity, what are the relative stats between men and women pros from 100 yards in?