From left, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Tiger Woods compete within the first spherical of the Genesis Open golf event at Riviera Nation Membership within the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Reed Saxon, Related Press
Amid its ongoing battle with the upstart LIV Golf sequence, the PGA Tour has introduced that it has large plans for 2023.
There will likely be a assured league earnings minimal for gamers, further “participant impression” bonuses to compete for, and a few newly “elevated” occasions for golf followers to take pleasure in, in line with The Athletic.
Moreover, “prime gamers will decide to no less than a 20-event PGA Tour schedule,” guaranteeing that extra followers have an opportunity to see the most important stars in motion, the article famous.
These adjustments and others, introduced Wednesday by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, come as LIV Golf lures golfers away from the principle tour with large paychecks and guarantees of higher fan engagement.
With out the stress from LIV, golf’s previous guard would have continued shifting at its typical “glacial” tempo, The Athletic reported.
“With no direct risk, there merely was not almost the identical motive to make all these adjustments from the tour’s finish — or for the gamers to band collectively like they by no means have earlier than to push for it,” the article mentioned, referencing a current assembly between stars like Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
Though the PGA Tour’s plans for 2023 possible received’t be capable to convey again golfers who've already aligned themselves with LIV — ESPN famous that they’ve signed multiyear contracts — the adjustments might enable it to cease the bleeding and maintain onto the golfers it nonetheless has.
“We’re going to proceed to concentrate on the issues that we management and get stronger and stronger,” Monahan mentioned Wednesday, in line with ESPN.