GLADSTONE, N.J. (AP) — After 17 months on the job, LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan is well past the clueless stage.
The 46-year-old former business executive has gotten to know his players, his tournaments and his sponsors, and now he is looking to expand.
That means more tournaments in 2012, a greater committment to current sponsors, and accepting what the LPGA is: a world-wide tour that isn’t apologizing for having a lot of Asian players, playing events overseas and not having more Americans.
Since taking over in January 2010 after Carolyn Bivens was forced out, Whan has brought a much different approach to the tour, working to combine the interests of the golfers and the people who foot the bills for the tournaments.
