Global Golf Post: Clinton Would Bring A-List to Hope

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com


LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA -- The first thing to understand is that despite the word play, the tournament is not "Hopeless." A better description would be troubled. Or, perhaps, inconsequential. In modern lingo, the Bob Hope Classic no longer moves the needle.

It has become just another sporting event in a world of too many "just another" sporting events.

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Global Golf Post: Analysis: When Hope Is Hopeless

By Art Spander

LA QUINTA, CALIF. -- There was a time, before ESPN, before an NHL team showed up in Tampa, before the major leagues went to Denver and Phoenix, that sport was different.

We were happy for small favors, pleased when people such as Bing Crosby and Bob Hope gave us golf tournaments that were as much about entertainment as competition.

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