ATLANTA — Two weeks in the past, the Participant Advisory Council was introduced with a proposal that would scale back discipline sizes at full-field occasions to 120 gamers. Due to decreased taking part in alternatives, the plan would result in a possible discount within the variety of fully-exempt gamers on the PGA Tour.
In line with one member of the PAC, the proposal would reduce the variety of exempt gamers from the earlier season’s FedExCup factors listing to the highest 100, down from the present prime 125, in addition to the variety of exemptions awarded to Korn Ferry Tour members (at present at 30). All complete, these adjustments would scale back the variety of full members from about 208 to 160.
Jay Monahan addressed the media on Wednesday at East Lake however didn’t present many concrete solutions on subjects of concern.
“I believe that the assembly in Memphis was a end result of a yr’s price of labor. Originally of the yr we mentioned, pay attention, what can we do to create extra possession and a better degree of engagement,” Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan mentioned Wednesday at East Lake. “Because it pertains to strengthening the aggressive mannequin of the PGA Tour, that was the main target of these conversations in Memphis. What I can inform you is that these conversations are being participant led. There’s robust alignment.”
The proposal was at the very least partially prompted by expanded fields this yr that did not make a reduce on Friday due to tempo of play and daylight points.
“On this case, it’s somewhat bit within our aggressive system, what’s the appropriate variety of gamers to place out on the course every week, what’s the most effective model of our eligibility,” mentioned Tyler Dennis, the Tour’s chief competitions officer.
Whereas there appears to be assist among the many PAC for the brand new proposal, there have been some who lobbied for the Tour to develop discipline sizes at signature occasions, that are at present set for 72 to 80 gamers, to assist make up the distinction of the misplaced taking part in alternatives, however that appears unlikely.
The proposal must be authorised by the Tour’s coverage board which is scheduled to fulfill in November on the RSM Traditional.