That would have been an enormous tragedy, not just for golf but for sports, and the fact that now appears unlikely must be welcomed.
Therefore, the very future of the tour and the whole history that comes with it was at risk. Ultimately the PGA Tour was not able to compete financially – it was a battle of the deeper pockets and Monahan admitted that was a battle his tour would lose. How did Jay Monahan go about making such a huge decision without consulting the people he’d been leaning so heavily upon for such a long period of time? It is bemusing, and there has been no explanation of why it had to be kept so secret.īut, if we ignore the obvious political and ethical elephants in the room, I felt a sense of relief throughout golf that perhaps the fractured world of men’s golf can be repaired. The fact that the players were so blindsided by the announcement created a feeling of discomfort, uncertainty, and instability on the PGA Tour. It was one of the biggest moments in the history of the game and no one saw it coming. Rick looked like he’d soon a ghost and, like the rest of the golf world, the pair of us felt like we had whiplash from the shock. I was playing golf with Rick Shiels at Gullane when news of the PGA and DP World tours merging with the PIF broke.
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