Can Bill Clinton keep Hope alive?

Count PGA Tour golfer Joe Ogilvie as one player searching for innovative ways to keep the struggling Bob Hope Classic alive. The 36-year-old Duke University graduate suggested former president Bill Clinton as tourney host might do the trick.

"I think it might need an A-list host that says, 'you know, this is an important event,'" Ogilvie told Golf Digest’s John Strege after the third round of the Hope tourney on Friday. "I think the guy I'd have host this tournament is Bill Clinton. I think he was a Republican's best friend, even though he was a Democratic president. He obviously holds huge cachet with the Democratic party.

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