Interesting view and good debunking of some of the objections. That being said - its hard to see past the fact that the PGA is for all intents and purposes the tour that most pro's want to play on. Couple that with 3 of the majors taking place in the US; the big ticket WGC events all US based with many of the best of the best living in the US and there will be an uphill battle. I also struggle to see the value of this world tour if they don't get a decent chunk of the world's best players lined up (say 8 of the top 10 or 16 of the top 20). Money talks - but this will probably all play out with the PGA giving more of the media rights money to already well-paid professionals (the average prize purse growth over the last 30 years is nothing short of amazing).
Agree that if the PGA Tour would match the cash on offer from the 'upstarts', then things probably stay as they are. But that would be a rather short article...and also wouldn't give us a world tour ;)
Interesting view and good debunking of some of the objections. That being said - its hard to see past the fact that the PGA is for all intents and purposes the tour that most pro's want to play on. Couple that with 3 of the majors taking place in the US; the big ticket WGC events all US based with many of the best of the best living in the US and there will be an uphill battle. I also struggle to see the value of this world tour if they don't get a decent chunk of the world's best players lined up (say 8 of the top 10 or 16 of the top 20). Money talks - but this will probably all play out with the PGA giving more of the media rights money to already well-paid professionals (the average prize purse growth over the last 30 years is nothing short of amazing).
Agree that if the PGA Tour would match the cash on offer from the 'upstarts', then things probably stay as they are. But that would be a rather short article...and also wouldn't give us a world tour ;)