The PGA Tour has announced huge changes, and it's seen as bad news for Greg Norman's LIV Golf.
, a player-director on the tour board. "This is, 'OK, how can we make this tour better for everyone that's going to play on it now and everyone that's going to play on the PGA Tour going forward.'"laid out, the most significant was what came out of a private meeting of 23 top players last week: a new model that assures the best play in the same tournaments more often.
Most of the key tournaments already were in place — the Genesis Invitational at Riviera, Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill and the Memorial; Kapalua and Match Play; the three FedEx Cup playoff events; the four majors and The Players Championship. The changes came quickly. Top players began gathering at the JP McManus Pro-Am in Ireland last month and it culminated with a players-only meeting involving 23 top players at the BMW Championship.flew to Delaware from his home in Florida for the meeting. Woods and McIlroy are seen as the leaders of change among players, though all accounts indicate the majority of them were behind the changes.
The "top players" who commit to the 20-tournament schedule are defined by the Player Impact Program. The program was to pay the leading 10 players from a $72 million bonus pool, with the standings based largely on Q-rating and social media. Now it's for 20 players worth $145 million, with metrics such as TV exposure, fan awareness and media mentions.The announcement comes at the season-ending Tour Championship, where the winner of the FedEx Cup gets $26 million.
Each event has a $36 million purse for a 48-man field over 54 holes. The individual winner of the LIV event gets $5.8 million. The money has been appealing in attracting some two dozen PGA Tour players."No. They've joined the LIV Golf Series and they've made that commitment and many have made a multi-year commitment.
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