miami: Next year Phoenix OpenThe purse will be increased to $20 million at the Heritage Tournament, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Traveler’s Championship, and top golfers, the U.S. PGA The tour was announced on Wednesday.
Steps to counter Saudi-backed meet a PGA reform liv golf The series was announced by tour commissioner Jay Monahan at the Tour Championships in August.
Star PGA players such as four-time major winner Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and top-ranked Scotty Scheffler, the current Masters champion, have committed to playing 17 events with elevated purses next year to help more players depart for the upstart LIV. be competed against. Chain.
Rival circuits’ record $25 million purses and guaranteed contracts for 54-hole events have attracted top talent from the PGA, including British Open winner and world number three Cameron Smith of Australia, Joaquin Nieman of Chile, Abraham Ensor of Mexico, Contains two-time major winners. Dustin Johnson and past Masters winner Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia and Patrick Reed.
In addition to the four new events, others with increased wallets and player commitments include four major championships, the Players Championship, three FedEx Cup playoff events, the Tournament of Champions, WGC Match Play, the Memorial Tournament, the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Genesis. hosted by Invitation Tiger Woods,
Players ranked in the top 20 of this year’s Player Impact Program, a measure of player popularity that pays bonus money to renowned talent, are required to play in all the events they qualify for as well as In the same three other events, the PGA ensures the stars. At least 20 appearances a year.
Announcing the plan in August, Monahan said, “It’s an extraordinary and unprecedented commitment, it’s a testament to who these people are and what they believe in.”
With four elevated events slated for 2023 next year, with other tournaments potentially replacing them in future years, the PGA wants to ensure its biggest names compete in a wide range of tournaments in other seasons.
The Phoenix Open, Wells Fargo Championship, Travelers Championship and Heritage Tour will retain their traditional places on the calendar and the eligibility criteria will allow no more than 120 players each.
The Phoenix Open is staged in February, with Heritage played a week after the Masters in April, Wells Fargo three weeks later in Charlotte, and the Travelers US Open a week after.
Other changes made by the PGA were a minimum payout of $500,000 to any player with a PGA Tour card.
Steps to counter Saudi-backed meet a PGA reform liv golf The series was announced by tour commissioner Jay Monahan at the Tour Championships in August.
Star PGA players such as four-time major winner Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and top-ranked Scotty Scheffler, the current Masters champion, have committed to playing 17 events with elevated purses next year to help more players depart for the upstart LIV. be competed against. Chain.
Rival circuits’ record $25 million purses and guaranteed contracts for 54-hole events have attracted top talent from the PGA, including British Open winner and world number three Cameron Smith of Australia, Joaquin Nieman of Chile, Abraham Ensor of Mexico, Contains two-time major winners. Dustin Johnson and past Masters winner Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia and Patrick Reed.
In addition to the four new events, others with increased wallets and player commitments include four major championships, the Players Championship, three FedEx Cup playoff events, the Tournament of Champions, WGC Match Play, the Memorial Tournament, the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Genesis. hosted by Invitation Tiger Woods,
Players ranked in the top 20 of this year’s Player Impact Program, a measure of player popularity that pays bonus money to renowned talent, are required to play in all the events they qualify for as well as In the same three other events, the PGA ensures the stars. At least 20 appearances a year.
Announcing the plan in August, Monahan said, “It’s an extraordinary and unprecedented commitment, it’s a testament to who these people are and what they believe in.”
With four elevated events slated for 2023 next year, with other tournaments potentially replacing them in future years, the PGA wants to ensure its biggest names compete in a wide range of tournaments in other seasons.
The Phoenix Open, Wells Fargo Championship, Travelers Championship and Heritage Tour will retain their traditional places on the calendar and the eligibility criteria will allow no more than 120 players each.
The Phoenix Open is staged in February, with Heritage played a week after the Masters in April, Wells Fargo three weeks later in Charlotte, and the Travelers US Open a week after.
Other changes made by the PGA were a minimum payout of $500,000 to any player with a PGA Tour card.