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PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem Photo: CFP
Tim Finchem says he regrets that the PGA Tour has not expanded more globally during his long tenure as commissioner Air Max Saldi Italia , while at the same time he is confident that golf has cemented its place in the Olympic Games.


Speaking ahead of this week's season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta, Finchem addressed a variety of issues in his final formal news conference after just over 22 years as boss of the US-based circuit.


Asked about his regrets as he prepares to step down at the end of the year, he spoke of only one, not quite invoking Frank Sinatra's famous line of "too few to mention" though he came very close.


"The one regret would be thus far I haven't been able to make a little more progress on the global effort Air Max Saldi Offerta ," said Finchem, who was appointed commissioner in 1994 shortly before Tiger Woods enrolled at Stanford University on a golf scholarship.


"We've done a lot of great things globally. I would have liked to have seen a little bit more acceleration there but ... there were other factors at work that impacted that situation globally."


Under Finchem's watch, the PGA Tour has created the Presidents Cup - a biennial Ryder Cup-style event pitting the US against an International team of players from the rest of the world excluding Europe - and has staged a few tournaments outside the US.


But hopes of creating a quasi-world tour featuring tournaments everywhere from Sydney to Seoul and Santiago have fallen through amid the realities of American TV demands and other factors.


Nonetheless, Finchem remains bullish about the tour's international prospects under the next commissioner Air Max Uomo Saldi , Jay Monahan.


"It's just so obvious the benefits it would generate for players and fans and media partners and sponsors," he said. "I think it'll happen. We'll see if the new team can kick it down the alley a little quicker."


Finchem also spoke about a conversation he had at last month's Rio Games with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach during the final round of the men's competition as golf returned to the Olympics after an absence of more than a century.


"I think we were the only sport that was a sold-out venue that particular day," Finchem, 69 Air Max Scarpe Saldi , said. "He [Bach] was blown away by the galleries."


Finchem said he and Bach were both -confident that the high -number of elite player absentees from the men's golf in Rio, due primarily to cited fears of the Zika virus, would not be repeated in Tokyo in 2020, after which golf's re--inclusion in the Olympics will be revisited.


"Just ask the players who did go Air Max Saldi Scontate ," said Finchem.


"It was a game--changer in their minds. It's going to be a big event in Japan and I think golf is there [in the Olympic Games] for the long term."

Australian batsman Michael Clarke plays a shot against New Zealand during the 2015 Cricket World Cup final in Melbourne on Sunday. Photo: CFP

Australia captain Michael Clarke signed off in style from international one-day cricket on Sunday by top scoring in his country's crushing seven--wicket victory over New Zealand in the World Cup final.


After dismissing New Zealand for 183 in 45 overs before an Australian record crowd of 93,013 at the Melbourne -Cricket Ground, Australia cruised to their fifth World Cup with Clarke scoring 74 in the home team's 186 for three from 33.1 overs.


Mitchell Starc struck the -decisive blow for the home side when he bowled New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum for a duck with the fifth ball of the opening over.


After the early dismissal of the destructive McCullum, a fourth-wicket partnership of 111 between Ross Taylor (40) and Grant Elliott (83) appeared to restore the fortunes of a New Zealand team playing in their first final after six semifinal -exits.


New Zealand had reached 150 for three with 15 overs remaining when James Faulkner struck twice Air Max Saldi Online , dismissing Taylor caught behind by Brad Haddin and bowling the potentially dangerous Corey Anderson for a duck two balls later.