Ted Bishop

Joined: Jan 1, 2021

Bishop served as the 38th president of the PGA of America in 2013-14. Bishop has spent 44 years as a club professional. He is one of the owners and the operator of The Legends Golf Club, a 45-hole public facility in Franklin, Ind. He also serves as the co-head coach of the Franklin Community High School boys and girls golf programs.Email: tedbishop38pga@aol.com

Golf

The Ryder Cup would be a flop without fans

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On Sunday night, after Tiger Woods won the Masters, I did something I had never done. After finishing dinner, I grabbed my golf clubs and headed to an indoor golf facility to hit balls. A busy work schedule coupled with bad weather this spring in central

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Indiana and Kentucky enjoy a spirited sports rivalry, with basketball at the heart of the border states’ quest for bragging rights. Though high school golf doesn’t draw nearly the attention as hoops on either side of the Ohio River, the sport does generat

Bryson DeChambeau’s antics warrant suspension

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The most effective marketing tool that golf has today is the PGA Tour. Thanks to television and social media, the world’s greatest players generate interest in golf on a daily basis. Bryson DeChambeau needs to wake up, grow up and exhibit a standard of be

It’s time to erase marks of course clods

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FRANKLIN, Ind. – Basic golfer responsibilities, such as repairing ball marks, raking bunkers, replacing divots and following cart-directional signs, are being neglected like never before.

New course of action drives revenue gains

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Last winter, I randomly received a book in the mail that would change my life as a golf course operator. It was entitled, “Golf: The Untapped Market: Why the Pros are Failing to Grow the Game.” Honestly, I was somewhat offended by the title, and I had nev

PGA’s hiring of Waugh would be bold step

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Seth Waugh could be a game-changer for the PGA of America. Sources close to the PGA’s search for a chief executive officer tell Morning Read that Waugh’s hiring could be a “done deal” soon, with an announcement possible before next month’s Ryder Cup.

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One morning last week, I was quietly minding my own business in Indiana when a member of the golf media reached out via text from Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, site of the PGA Championship.

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Ask any of the 28,000-plus men and women who are PGA of America members what the association’s next chief executive officer should look like and you probably would get thousands of different answers. The fact is that the majority of PGA members and appren