PGA Tour members ship petition requesting assembly with management

Gamers need change.

In a petition obtained by Rex Hoggard of the Golf Channel, an nameless group of gamers are calling for modifications to the construction of the PGA Tour.

The plea additionally requires a gathering with PGA Tour management, which comes at an attention-grabbing time contemplating the tour’s ongoing negotiations with the Saudi Arabian Public Funding Fund (PIF). The two sides have till Dec. 31, 2023, to strike a deal.

However, the petition requires 4 important adjustments:

1. “FedEx Cup factors allotted to Signature Occasions versus discipline occasions. Instance: Presently, a fifth place end in a no-cut 78-player discipline is awarded 272% extra factors than a fifth place end in a conventional occasion with a reduce. We’re requesting a big discount earlier than the primary designated occasion.”

The primary Signature Occasion of the 2024 season will probably be The Sentry in Maui through the first week of January. It’s the first official match of the PGA Tour season with a restricted discipline. After all, a majority of PGA Tour members don’t meet the standards to qualify for Signature Occasions. Therefore, this requested change.

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2. “Variety of restricted discipline Signature Occasions.”

The 2024 PGA Tour season will stage eight Signature Occasions scattered all through the season. Roughly 75 gamers will acquire entry, which incorporates the 50 gamers who made it to the 2023 BMW Championship this previous August. As well as, the PGA Tour has created the ‘Subsequent 10’ and ‘Swing 5,’ giving taking part in alternatives to fifteen different gamers who’re taking part in properly main as much as the Signature Occasion.

This nameless group desires fewer Signature Occasions to provide middle-of-the-road members higher alternatives all through the season.

3. “PIP Program”

The Participant Affect Program (PIP) awards gamers with the biggest influence on the PGA Tour’s enterprise ventures, whether or not by way of fan engagement on social media, media consumption, and even sponsorships. Rory McIlroy received the 2023 PIP, and Tiger Woods completed second.

McIlroy obtained $15 million, whereas the PGA Tour awarded Woods $12 million.

Apparently, Woods solely performed six aggressive rounds all through 2023. This nameless group is looking for a change to the system so PGA Tour members who really play all through the season can reap the rewards of PIP. As of now, it’s basically a reputation contest.

Even Jordan Spieth, one of many faces of the Tour, has just lately known as for a change or the top of this system totally.

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4. “PGA Tour management, PGA Tour Coverage Board, and Participant Administrators.”

Commissioner Jay Monahan has been underneath fireplace for months, ever since he unveiled the PGA Tour’s intention to associate with the PIF on Jun. 6, 2023. Many gamers misplaced their belief in him and really feel the tour is heading in a path that mirrors LIV Golf: higher purses, fewer occasions, and smaller fields. That’s how the Signature Occasions got here to be within the first place.

As for the Coverage Board and Participant Administrators, this group possible desires extra gamers concerned. Presently, the PGA Tour Coverage Board includes Woods, Spieth, Patrick Cantlay, Charley Hoffman, Peter Malnati, and Webb Simpson.

Adam Scott chairs the Participant Advisory Council, which consists of 16 gamers, together with Rickie Fowler, Brian Harman, Scottie Scheffler, and Will Zalatoris.

Then, on the finish of the petition, the word requires gamers to signal it and asks in the event that they wish to take part within the assembly.

Whether or not this involves fruition stays to be seen, however this could possibly be an attention-grabbing improvement for the PGA Tour because the 2024 PGA Tour season approaches.

Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By way of. You’ll be able to comply with him on Twitter @jack_milko for extra golf protection. You’ll want to try @_PlayingThrough too.