PGA Tour: Eddie Pepperell expressed disapproval of the PGA Tour’s “strategic collaboration” with the DP World Tour, saying no-cut competitions have “no place in the top table of golf.”
The PGA Tour has approved modifications for 2024 that would introduce reduced-field designated events with no cut, albeit these won’t apply to the majors, The Players, or FedEx Cup Playoffs. These events will have a field of about 70 to 78 players.
With the American-based tour granting berths to the top 10 players on the European money list, the PGA Tour and DP World Tour have teamed up in the fight against the Saudi-backed LIV Golf.
In the most recent episode of the Sky Sports Golf Podcast, Pepperell stated: “I don’t think no cuts and smaller fields have any place in the top table of golf.
“Cuts, in my opinion, create an excellent narrative and are particular to golf. They may draw out some extremely valuable lessons that you can apply.
“See what he did [winning his first PGA Tour triumph at the Corales Puntacana Tournament a few weeks later], Matt Wallace himself claimed he missed the cut at The Players by one or two strokes. You have a cut as a result.
“For someone like Wallace, missing the cut at The Players was heartbreaking, but he returned home and won his next competition. What are we trying to breed into our best players and our industry? It is not good, in my opinion.”
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McIlroy and Horschel support PGA Tour reforms
World No 2 Rory McIlroy: “I am definitely not one to reward mediocrity,” said Rory McIlroy. We need to maintain the reputation of this Tour as the most prestigious in the globe. It’s not like there haven’t been no-cut contests on the PGA Tour.
“While I’ve been on the Tour for the past 15 years, there have been no-cut events. When LIV arrived, the no-cut issue suddenly gained significant attention.”
World No 24 Billy Horschel: “I hope there isn’t a rift and that once everything is revealed and laid out, everyone can recognise the opportunities that are there.”
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