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'Great time to be a PGA Tour player' - Jay Monahan in confident mood ahead of flagship Players Championship

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has heralded the introduction of designated events, bigger prize funds and more ‘no-cut’ events declaring, «It’s a great time to be a PGA Tour fan and a PGA Tour player». Speaking ahead of the latest staging of the PGA Tour's flagship event, The Players Championship, Monahan was in a bullish mood as he detailed the latest schedule changes that will ensure the best players go head-to-head more often.

Rory McIlroy insists no-cut events are nothing new on PGA TOUR as LIV Golf mock schedule revamp

PGA Tour star Rory McIlroy has defended proposed changes to next season’s schedule that will see reduced fields and no cut at some of the most high profile events in a move designed to combat the challenge of rival LIV Golf. Commissioner Jay Monahan issued a memo to all PGA Tour members on Wednesday detailing changes that will see reduced fields of 70-78 players at some of the ‘designated’ events plus the removal of the 36-hole cut. Ad The ‘designated’ events already benefit from significantly greater prize money and these latest changes are the PGA Tour's latest attempt to counter LIV Golf that has lured away many top players with limited field, no-cut events and substantial financial rewards.

McIlroy hails PGA Tour's new-look plan as 'compelling product'

The PGA Tour unveiled its new-look structure for the 2024 season featuring eight "designated events" with elite fields, no cut and increased prize money hailed by Rory McIlroy as producing a "compelling product."

PGA Tour makes schedule changes in response to LIV Golf's rise, including more designated events with no cuts

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McIlroy defends PGA Tour reforms amid LIV mockery

Rory McIlroy has defended the mooted reforms in the PGA Tour - which will see the introduction of reduced fields and the removal of cuts in several events - amid the scorn of the rival LIV Tour.

PGA Tour to reduce fields and cut lines at designated events

The PGA Tour has approved changes for 2024 that will see reduced fields and no cuts at the designated events it created last year in response to the threat posed by the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit, according to a memo obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.

PGA Tour revamps format for designated events, with no cuts

In what commissioner Jay Monahan described as decisions that will «transform and set the future direction» of the PGA Tour, the tour's policy board on Tuesday night voted to dramatically change the format for future designated events, which will have smaller fields and no cuts.

PGA Tour and LPGA Tour to stage mixed-team event in December

Players from the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour will compete for a $4 million purse during a new mixed-team event this December in Naples, Florida, the two circuits announced on Wednesday.

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'Great time to be a PGA Tour player' - Jay Monahan in confident mood ahead of flagship Players Championship

Rory McIlroy insists no-cut events are nothing new on PGA TOUR as LIV Golf mock schedule revamp

McIlroy hails PGA Tour's new-look plan as 'compelling product'

PGA Tour makes schedule changes in response to LIV Golf's rise, including more designated events with no cuts

McIlroy defends PGA Tour reforms amid LIV mockery

PGA Tour to reduce fields and cut lines at designated events

PGA Tour revamps format for designated events, with no cuts

PGA Tour and LPGA Tour to stage mixed-team event in December