The PGA Tour turned upside down

Aiming in particular to accelerate the pace of play, the changes adopted Monday by the PGA Tour are meant to make Golf more attractive to spectators and broadcasters. But for some players like Lucas Glover, this is not going in the right direction.

The PGA Tour adopted several major change proposals on Monday: Regular season tournaments will see their number of participants reduced; Monday Qualifiers will be eliminated for tournaments of 120 players or less; to keep their membership card, players will have to finish in the top 100 instead of the top 125.

A large number of players playing on the PGA Tour positively welcome these changes, some of which, known as “cut-throat”, had been requested by Rory McIlroyand highlights the fact that this will make the circuit more competitive and improve the pace of play.

By hiding behind the pace of play, they question our intelligence

But not everyone is of the same opinion: “By hiding behind the pace of play, they question our intelligence. They think we're stupidsaid Lucas Glover has Golf week. Don't shrink the fields because it's a pace of play issue. Tell us to play faster, or just tell us you're trying to appease six people and make them happy so that they don't go play golf anywhere else. »

The former winner of theUS Open emphasizes that the PGA Tour's job is to do the right thing for all members. “There are 200 people whose work and life this is,” he added.

More and more exclusive

The goal of this new PGA Tour format seems above all to satisfy the greed of the best players in the world by closing themselves a little more, in the continuity of Signature Events.

As he himself says Adam Scottmember of the PGA Tour board of directors who ratified the proposed changes, “The PAC's discussions were based on a number of guiding principles, including our belief that PGA Tour membership is the pinnacle of achievement in men's professional golf. »

Certainly, the PGA Tour belongs to the players and has a responsibility to serve their interests. But he should not forget that he also has a responsibility to contribute to the development of the game by making it more inclusive.