Professional golf - A license to spend money? Issues of money in the lives of touring professional golfers
dc.contributor.author | Fry, John | * |
dc.contributor.author | Bloyce, Daniel | * |
dc.contributor.author | Pritchard, Ian | * |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-11T10:32:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-11-11T10:32:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-11-14 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Fry, J., Bloyce, D., & Pritchard, I. (2015). Professional golf—A license to spend money? Issues of money in the lives of touring professional golfers. Journal of sport and social issues, 39(3), 179-201. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0193-7235 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0193723514557819 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10034/334489 | |
dc.description | This is the authors' PDF version of an article which appeared online on 11/11/2014 in published in Journal of Sport and Social Issues© 2014. The definitive version is available at http:dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193723514557819 | |
dc.description.abstract | Drawing upon figurational sociology, this paper examines issues of money that are central to touring professional golfers’ workplace experiences. Based on interviews with 16 professionals, results indicate the monetary rewards available for top golfers continues to increase, however, such recompense is available to relatively small numbers and the majority fare poorly. Results suggest that playing on tour with other like-minded golfers fosters internalized constraints relating to behaviour, referred to as ‘habitus’, whereby many players ‘gamble’ on pursuing golf as their main source of income despite the odds against them. Golfers are constrained to develop networks with sponsors for financial reasons which has left some players with conflicting choices between regular money, and adhering to restrictive contractual agreements, or the freedom to choose between different brands. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | |
dc.relation.url | http://jss.sagepub.com/ | en |
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dc.subject | professional golf | en |
dc.subject | money | en |
dc.subject | career incomes | en |
dc.subject | labour markets | en |
dc.subject | globalization | en |
dc.subject | figurational sociology | en |
dc.title | Professional golf - A license to spend money? Issues of money in the lives of touring professional golfers | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1552-7638 | en |
dc.contributor.department | Myerscough College ; University of Chester ; University of Chester | |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Sport and Social Issues | en |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723514557819 | |
html.description.abstract | Drawing upon figurational sociology, this paper examines issues of money that are central to touring professional golfers’ workplace experiences. Based on interviews with 16 professionals, results indicate the monetary rewards available for top golfers continues to increase, however, such recompense is available to relatively small numbers and the majority fare poorly. Results suggest that playing on tour with other like-minded golfers fosters internalized constraints relating to behaviour, referred to as ‘habitus’, whereby many players ‘gamble’ on pursuing golf as their main source of income despite the odds against them. Golfers are constrained to develop networks with sponsors for financial reasons which has left some players with conflicting choices between regular money, and adhering to restrictive contractual agreements, or the freedom to choose between different brands. | |
rioxxterms.publicationdate | 2014-11-14 | |
dc.date.deposited | 2014-11-11 |