On Wednesday, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan announced several significant changes to the PGA Tour, which will continue to compensate the best golfers in the world handsomely.
For fans, the best news is that the top players have committed to play more often in the same events.
“I think if you’re trying to sell a product to TV and to sponsors and to try to get as many eyeballs on professional golf as possible, you need to at least let people know what they’re tuning in for,” Rory McIlroy said. “When I tune into a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game I expect to see Tom Brady throw a football. When I tune into a Formula 1 race I expect to see Lewis Hamilton in a car. Sometimes what’s happened on the PGA Tour is we all act independently and we sort of have our own schedules, and that means that we never really get together all that often.”
McIlroy added: “I think having the top players in the world playing together more often and competing against each other more often is what everyone wants. It’s what the players want. It’s what the fans want, most importantly.
“And I think once we solve for that, a lot of the rest of the stuff sort of takes care of itself.”
Here’s what we learned from Monahan’s press conference and the changes that will be implemented to the Tour going forward.