The PGA Players Fight Back
08/23/2022
By: Jeff Yoder
Tiger Woods & Rory McIlroy Lead Charge to Improve PGA Tour’s Future Amid LIV Showdown
The battle between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour has come to a standstill at the moment, but the PGA is still fighting for its life. The future of the Tour looks cloudy as LIV has poached a number of top-name players in an attempt to buy the game of golf, but two superstars remain committed to saving the Tour through creativity. Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy took the lead at a PGA meeting in Delaware this week to discuss the sport’s future. And while details are still being worked out, we learned a few things.
Tiger, Rory & The PGA Tour’s Future
On top of boosting payouts for non-major tournaments in 2023, the Tour is looking to add one-day stadium events featuring some of their best players, including Woods and McIlroy. These single-day events will begin in 2024, and they’ll feature a live audience at arenas throughout the country. LIV reportedly try to buy Wood and McIlroy with ridiculous sums of money near the billion-dollar range, but no dice.
The PGA Tour is expected to release more details about its future — including the stadium events in 2024 — at this weekend’s Tour Championship.
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