Miscellany

Despite a strike threat, the PGA Tour event at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., will go on as scheduled this week, tour and tournament officials said.

The comments came in the wake of a veiled threat of a strike, as early as this weekend, by the recently formed union of PGA Tour field staff officials, the men who conduct the day-to-day operation of tour tournaments.

Richie Phillips, who also heads the major league baseball umpires organization, said golf officials were angry over the tour’s counteroffer to union demands for an increased economic package.