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Tom Edrington

Tom Edrington spent the first 10 years of his misguided youth as a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune. His career brought him face to face with many of sports greatest stars -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Muhammad Ali, Don Shula, countless Hall of Fame NFL stars, more PGA Tour players than he can count. In 1980 he was honored by the Golf Writers Association of America for writing the best news story that year, his coverage of Jack Nicklaus' U.S. Open victory at Baltusrol. Today, 36 years later, golf is still a great part of his life, thanks to competitive playing days and the wonderful people he has met on this fabulous journey.

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4 Comments

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    baxter cepeda

    I would hope no one in Congress is reading journalism which name calls subjects (ie Tont).
    I really do not understand why you or anyone would want to ruin all the good the PGA Tour does with its tax exwmpt statis. All so all that money can get lost in our system.
    My belief is If you get your way and the tour loses its tax exemtions, the only losers will be all the charities, communities and maybe the journeymen on tour. All the big people will still get theirs. They always do.

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      Tom Edrington

      Baxter, obviously you did not see the PGA Tour’s tax return that ran here on DogLeg….the Tour generates more than ONE BILLION in revenue…..It is the tour, not the local charities and organizations running the tournaments that needs to pay taxes……Organizations like the Salesmanship Club, Thunderbirds, etc. are legitimate 501-c3s……the PGA Tour owns and charges $500 a head to play the TPC Stadium course and just signed a huge deal to generate well over a billion dollars to stream its stuff in Europe…..you, like so many, have been duped by the PGA Tour.

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        baxter cepeda

        Anyone paying 500$ for sawgrass is a fool whom deserves to be robbed tax free.

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          Tom Edrington

          Generally, all of those TPC courses charge very high fees, in keeping with the PGA Tour’s “total greed” theme……they should pay taxes

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