Tiger Woods He showed up at a private gathering of top PGA Tour players wearing jeans and a long-sleeved plaid shirt. “I think it’s pretty obvious that every time we all walk into the room, there’s an alpha there,” he said. Rory McIlroy. “And I’m not”. What exactly came out of the meeting at DuPont Hotel Wilmington, Delaware it’s more of a mystery, even down to the number of players who attended. The goal is to unite, not just against the threat of a The Super League is funded by Saudi moneybut also to promote any weakness in the American circuit.
They left the meeting for the players only with a different form of solidarity: keeping their mouths shut. “I guess I wouldn’t want to see one of the guys from last night saying what we talked about,” he said. Xander Schauffele. “That’s very frowned upon, and you probably won’t be invited to the meeting. There’s a bit of code there, I’d say.”
The meeting was an extension of an impromptu meeting with J.P. McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland the week of the Scottish Open, which featured a roster of golf’s best, young and old, including those already signed to LIV Golf.
It was important enough for Woods, who has played just three times this year because of injuries to his right leg from a car accident in February 2021, to fly on his private jet and do so with Rickie Fowler, who did not qualify for the BMW Championship, second Playoff of the FedEx Cup.
“I think it shows how much he cares about the tour. I think it shows how much he cares about the players coming in and who will be part of the next generation,” McIlroy said. “Like it or not, they can’t sell Tiger Woods anymore. The Tour has been easy work for 20 years. They don’t have Tiger. Yes, they have a group of great players, but we’re not Tiger Woods,” the Briton said. “We’re entering a different era, and we have to think about things a little differently,” he added.
The meeting comes at a time of good news for LIV Golf. The ‘Daily Telegraph’ has reported that British Open champion Cameron Smith joined the Super League after the FedEx Cup, and a federal judge denied a request from three LIV Golf players who wanted to play in the tour’s postseason. “One thing that came out of this, which I think was the goal, is that all the top players on this tour agree and are aligned with where we need to go in the future, and that’s the most amazing thing, ” McIlroy said. “I don’t think that’s for a public forum right now,” Rory added. “I think that’s between the players and between the tour executives to figure out a way forward,” he said.
Will Zalatoris was at the meeting, fresh off his first PGA Tour title last week, which took him to No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings and No. 9 in the world. He is only 26 years old and has only two circuits, one of them as a full member. Being in that room, Zalatoris said, was one of the “most amazing” experiences he could imagine.
“He’s the loudest voice in the game, obviously in golf, no question,” Zalatoris said of Woods. “Having the whole world there and united in terms of how much we want – with everything that’s going on – we want the best not just for now but for the future. It’s very interesting to see so many people coming together to try to do the right thing,” said the PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monkwho was not invited.
Monahan has already announced increased prize money for the upcoming season, with eight tournaments offering $15 million or more in prize money, a larger prize pool for next year’s three international events, and a schedule from January to August from 2024.
LIV Golf offers 25 million dollars for each tournament -five more this year, 14 for 2023-, of which 5 million will go to a team concept. The players didn’t want to talk about specific areas where the PGA Tour could improve or what other things they felt were needed, other than the best players to compete more often. .
They were so reserved that at one point, in response to a question about how to improve the tour, justin thomas he said, “I know that doesn’t answer your question, but that’s the answer. It was a productive meeting,” Thomas said. “I think it’s one of those things where we all want the best for the players, and we’re working hard on it,” settled the PGA Championship winner.
Source: La Verdad
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