Sentence examples for tour executive from inspiring English sources

The Asian Tour executive chairman, Kyi Hla Han, certainly thinks it will.

(AP) DREWETT IS ILL Brad Drewett, the ATP World Tour executive chairman and president, has been found to have Lou Gehrig's disease, and is planning to step down once a successor is found.

England's results this winter were considered so poor that an independent committee, headed by the former PGA European Tour executive director Ken Schofield, was formed to investigate performance and structure.

SOUTHPORT, England — The governing bodies of world golf increased the effort aimed at having the sport included in the 2016 Olympics on Wednesday by appointing the high-ranking PGA Tour executive Ty Votaw to spearhead the mission.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Kyi Hla Han, the Asian Tour executive chairman, described Yang's victory as "probably our biggest day," and said, "It's always been our hope that we will see an Asian player win a major, and that day is here".

Whan was not among those most-frequently mentioned as a contender for the job from a list that included golf insiders like the United States Golf Association's chief business officer, Peter Bevacqua, and the former PGA Tour executive and present commissioner of the W.N.B.A., Donna Orender — who told the L.P.G.A. early in the process that she was not interested.

Television and tennis tour executives come and go all day.

The Ryder Cup team of 12 included director Richard Hills and other European Tour executives plus the Walker Cup captain Nigel Edwards and rugby legend Gareth Edwards.

But if Buy.com's stock follows the trajectory of some offerings, and really tanks, tour executives could find themselves in something of a hole.

Feminist missionary work aside, tour executives see global outreach as critical to the bottom line, especially as fewer top players are from the United States, traditionally the sport's biggest market.

"They're like portable low-rent Hiltons," one walking-tour executive tells Becker, "that go everywhere with little concern for the garbage they leave behind or the havoc they make in the short time they invade a place".