PGA Tour is laying out plans to extend money prizes at a number of marquee occasions and revamp its schedule; Collin Morikawa says he is ‘right here to remain’ on PGA Tour; US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick ‘not involved’ by defectors; Brooks Koepka set to play in second LIV occasion subsequent week
Final Up to date: 22/06/22 7:27am
Brooks Koepka is the most recent high-profile participant to affix the LIV Golf sequence
The PGA Tour is laying out plans to extend purses at a number of marquee occasions and revamp its schedule with Brooks Koepka anticipated to affix the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational sequence.
Sky Sports activities Information understands that the four-time main winner – who has eliminated all references to the PGA Tour from his social media profiles – will tee it up within the second occasion in Portland subsequent week.
The 32-year-old is about to change into the most recent large identify to affix the controversial sequence, following Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson, however world No 4 Collin Morikawa has denied discuss that he is subsequent to observe of their footsteps.
Koepka has withdrawn from Thursday’s PGA Tour occasion, the Vacationers Championship in Connecticut.
The 2-time main winner, and defending Open champion, tweeted on Tuesday: “To state for the document, as soon as once more, you all are completely mistaken. I’ve stated it since February at Riviera that I am right here to remain on the @PGATOUR and nothing has modified.”
The PGA Tour is about to announce plans to compete with the burgeoning LIV Golf Invitational Collection.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has spoken of the tour’s place and plans to reshape the season and its tournaments
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan reportedly unveiled plans to extend the purses at limited-field occasions within the common season to a minimum of $20m and set up a brand new, profitable fall schedule for the highest 50 finishers within the FedEx Cup standings.
These new tournaments would rotate websites around the globe and – like LIV’s tournaments – haven’t any reduce.
Monahan is scheduled to talk with the media at TPC River Highlands on Wednesday, with the match starting Thursday.
- As much as 4 world marquee occasions in autumn
- Elevated cash and restricted fields at present occasions
- Increasing relationship with DP World Tour
- Zero tolerance for insurgent gamers
Fitzpatrick: I am not involved about LIV sequence
Newly-crowned US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick has additionally reiterated his dedication to the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, saying he was “not likely involved” in regards to the present checklist of defectors.
“I feel everytime you’ve bought Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy – I noticed Collin Morikawa’s come out and made a press release at present – Scottie Scheffler, I really feel such as you’ve bought some nice gamers there,” Fitzpatrick stated.
“For me, they’re greater than adequate to compete with any rival tour which may wish to attempt to seize golf. I am not likely involved about it.
Matt Fitzpatrick was misplaced for phrases after claiming his maiden main title with a sensational victory on the US Open
“I do know that the PGA Tour shouldn’t be going wherever, the DP World Tour shouldn’t be going wherever and I really feel like that is the essential factor for me is that I’ve bought a spot to play and that is the place I wish to play.
“I feel the Tour’s not going wherever and so long as they have Tiger Woods’ assist and Rory’s assist, Justin Thomas, there will be no points for my part.”
Koepka was requested about defecting previous to final week’s US Open and gave a tetchy response about why he had seemingly determined to remain on the PGA Tour. He stated: “There’s been no different choice thus far, so the place else are you going to go?”
How Koepka modified his tuned on LIV
Brooks Koepka grew to become pissed off on the line of questioning he confronted throughout his US Open press convention, saying that journalists are ‘throwing a darkish cloud’ over the competitors
When the reporter identified that the LIV occasions had began, Koepka added: “As of final week. That is it. I wasn’t taking part in final week.”
He added: “I am right here. I am right here on the US Open. I am able to play US Open and I feel it sort of sucks, too, you might be all throwing this black cloud over the US Open. It is one in every of my favorite occasions. I do not know why you guys maintain doing that.
“The extra legs you give it, the extra you retain speaking about it.”
LIV additionally introduced on Tuesday world ranked No 20 Abraham Ancer has signed and can compete in his first occasion on the LIV Golf Invitational Portland.
Abraham Ancer appears set to be the subsequent golfer to affix the LIV Golf sequence
It was introduced earlier this month any gamers concerned within the LIV Collection could be indefinitely suspended from the PGA Tour.
A letter confirming that was despatched to PGA Tour members by commissioner Jay Monahan shortly after the opening LIV Golf match bought below method at Centurion Membership in Hertfordshire on June 9.
The whole prize fund throughout the preliminary eight LIV occasions is £200m, with Charl Schwartzel scooping £3.86m when he gained the inaugural 54-hole competitors at Centurion Membership – almost thrice the determine he claimed for his main success on the Masters in 2011.
After Charl Schwartzel claimed the inaugural LIV Tour opener, debate goes on about whether or not the numbers defecting from the PGA Tour will start to develop
Schwartzel and runner-up Henni Du Plessis have been each a part of Stinger GC, who gained the staff competitors alongside Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuizen, with the quartet all incomes an extra $750,000 share of the $3million staff first prize.
The controversy of LIV Golf: Defined
Gamers within the LIV Golf Collection have been repeatedly grilled in press conferences about Saudi Arabia’s human rights document and whether or not they’re competing within the league solely for financial causes.
Paul McGinley used Mo Salah and the Premier League to assist clarify how the LIV Golf Collection is totally different from the construction and organisation of the PGA and DP World excursions
The breakaway sequence is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund (PIF) – the homeowners of Newcastle United – and includes enormous sums of cash for the opponents.
No official World Golf Rating factors are awarded for LIV occasions, though CEO Greg Norman says an utility can be submitted for that to alter.
The inaugural occasion happened on the Centurion Membership final week, with former main winners Dustin Johnson and Phi Mickelson among the many 48-man area, whereas seven extra tournaments are scheduled over the approaching months.
There was a combined response to the LIV Golf Collection from followers on the US Open at Brookline
Pumpkin Ridge GC in Portland from June 30-July 2 and Trump Nationwide Golf Membership Bedminster from July 29-31 are the subsequent two host venues, with additional US-based tournaments going down in Boston from September 2-4 and Chicago from September 16-18.
Stonehill Golf Membership in Bangkok is the venue from October 7-9 and Royal Greens Golf Membership – the location of the Saudi Worldwide in recent times – hosts the next week, with the season-ending Group Championship then hosted at Trump Nationwide Doral Miami from October 27-30.
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