Rory McIlroy has defended the imminent arrival of limited fields and no cuts in high-profile PGA Tour events, as LIV rebels ridiculed the prospect on social media.
The major criticism of the breakaway LIV tour has surrounded the perceived lack of jeopardy, given set 48-man fields and the failure to implement a cut system.
It has now emerged the PGA Tour’s 2024 schedule will include fields between 70 and 80 and the guarantee of players surviving for all 72 holes at designated events.
LIV’s Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter were the most vocal about the PGA Tour’s changes. “Sounds very similar to another product that’s been spoken so badly about by media and commentators,” Poulter said. “Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.
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