The phrases you don't expect when you least expect them. During the pre-match interviews of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews, Matt Fitzpatrick, defending champion of the tournament, shared his thoughts very directly.
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"I think the Tour shouldn't have made an agreement with the PGA Tour" "To be honest, I was quite furious at Wentworth when I found out that a handful of PGA Tour players were coming to play the tournament, and that at that point, not all the players who had retained their (DP World Tour, Ed.) card last year would be in the field.
That's our flagship event"
Fitzpatrick, statements
"There were no invitations for European Tour players to The Players Championship. Why did we invite them to Wentworth?". Heavy words like boulders, said by a player who regularly plays the PGA Tour.
Fitzpatrick has his own original vision (developed with Billy Foster, his caddie and a legendary figure on the European Tour) of the future of professional golf, and it is based on football, of which he is a great fan. Basically, there are three major championships They can be merged, then expanding the mechanism of relegation and promotion, an area in which there is room to work If they were all together, I think there would be a great benefit, anyway Of course, I know that the LIV is a closed circle and that they also have the Teams component As a football fan, I like the team theme.
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But, since we are talking about a closed circle, there is not much to say But, at the same time, the PGA Tour is also changing, taking that direction. What format do they intend to continue? A field of 70 players? I have no idea.
The PGA Tour is an organization that manages the major professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida. Its official name is written in all capital letters, which is "PGA TOUR".
The PGA Tour became a separate organization in 1968, when it separated from the PGA of America, which is now primarily an association of golf professionals, such as instructors and club managers. The tournament players first formed their own organization, the Association of Professional Golfers (APG).
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Later, in 1968, the players abolished the APG and agreed to operate as the PGA "Tournament Players Division", a completely autonomous division of the PGA, under the supervision of a new 10-member Tournament Policy Board.
