"Players... [choose events] for golf courses that they like and golf courses that are in good shape"

The Byron Nelson has lured a field nearly as weak as New Orleans, and Jimmy Burch of the Star-Telegram looks at the reasons why:

Another wrinkle this year is the April date, which broke up a Dallas-Fort Worth tradition of playing in back-to-back weeks with the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial (May 24-27). Some players cited the move as a logistical problem.

Todd Hamilton, a Westlake resident who will compete at the Nelson, said the biggest challenge Nelson officials face in attracting players is the TPC Las Colinas course, which will get an off-season face-lift.

"Players... [choose events] for golf courses that they like and golf courses that are in good shape," Hamilton said. "And I don't think that particular course is as good as it could be for an event like that."

Comments

[Tuna]

I give a tour stop in New Orleans less than 10 years.

[noz]

So only the WGC's and the Masters have had larger purses than this weeks event in New Orleans and this is by far the worst field of the year. Guess these players really aren't JUST all about the money...OR New Orleans and the golf course they are playing really are that bad. Looks like Hamilton should have played this week. He might have made the cut.