Sad news: Scottie Scheffler announces departure from PGA Tour
If golf fans are upset that the best players in the world aren’t playing in events like this week’s Players Championship, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler says they should direct their anger at the divisive side of the sport.”If fans are upset, all they have to do is look at the players who are leaving,” Scheffler said Tuesday. “We did a tour, we were all together, but those who left are no longer there. After all, that’s where the split came from. “As far as our tour is concerned, like I said, we’re doing our best to create the best possible product for our fans, and that’s where we really get to.
Scheffler will be defending his title at the 50th Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, but will not be competing due to the presence of current Masters champion Jon Rahm and former major champions Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith and Bryson DeChambeau, who are in the rival LIV Golf League.The PGA Tour’s flagship event, known as the “fifth major,” doesn’t have the same depth as it has in the past. “If the players want to take the money and leave, that’s their decision,” Scheffler said. “I’m not going to sit here and tell them not to take the hundreds of millions of dollars. If that’s what they feel is best for their life, then do it. I’m not going to sit here and force the guys to stay on our tour. “But after all, this is the place I want to be, and we continue to grow things that we are not really excited about what we are and what they are.”Earlier, at his first press conference after the tour championship held in Atlanta in August on Tuesday, Jay Monakan, a PGA tour commissioner, stated that the negotiations in the district with public investment in Saudi Arabia were “accelerated”.
Ta. The parties are discussing the $ 3 billion investment of $ 3 billion from the Welfare Sobulin Fund, which has been funded by LIV golf in the past three years.Strategic Sports Group Monaka and partners are the consortium, the owner of the billionaire sports team, and he has already announced that he has invested up to $ 3 billion on the PGA tour, and in January I met PIF Governor YASIR AL-RUMAYYAN. Monahan stated that the tour was aware that fans are “tired of asking for conflict, money, and what they get.
One of the next steps in potential transactions is a meeting with Arulmeyan with players of PGA Tour Political Councils, such as Tiger Woods and Jo Dance Sreat. The player players also work in the PGA TOUR ENTERPRISES COUNCIL, a commercial organization created by TOUR and SSG. “I think it’s really important that we’re all rowing in the same direction,” said Patrick Cantlay, one of the players’ directors.
“I think it’s really exciting that with this PGA Tour Enterprises board, we have the opportunity to start something new and get everyone moving in the right direction.”At Monahan’s press conference, a reporter asked if he thought he had the board’s full support in moving forward with the Saudi Arabia deal. Monahan acknowledged there have been “a lot of lively discussions at the board” about his future as commissioner.
“That’s a question you have to ask the players,” Monahan said. “This is linked to the player, so I can’t summarize it, but I have been supported by our advice, taking into account the responsibilities given to me. I’m the right person to move.
I believe that in my heart, and I’m determined to do exactly that.”Xander Schauffele, the sixth-ranked golfer in the world, said he remains skeptical that Monahan is the right man to lead the tour. Schauffele has called for Monahan’s resignation in the past.
“Trust is a very sweet thing, so words are words, and in my book, I say there’s a long way to go to get there,” Schauffele said. “I’m sure he has the support of the (players) board because some of the decisions have been made with him, but I personally think he still has a lot of work to do.”