Monahan Press Conference: 4 More Elevated Events Coming to PGA Tour in 2024; LIV Golfers Not Welcome Back

The PGA Tour will be committing to more large-scale events and more money for its top performers. And if those who joined LIV Golf are impressed by the changes and want back in—too bad, they’re not welcome back.

Those were the main takeaways from PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan’s press conference ahead of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta on Wednesday. Monahan touched on four key items, outlined in a memo to players.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• An additional four events will be elevated in 2024, making for 12 tournaments (not counting the majors or The Players Championship) that will have an average purse of $20 million. Those four events will be decided in the coming weeks.
• Top players are committed to play in the majors, The Players Championship, the 12 elevated events, and three others on the schedule. If a player doesn’t compete in at least 20 events, they are not eligible for the Player Impact Program (PIP).
• The PIP is expanding to reward 20 players and doubling from $50 million to $100 million starting with the 2022 final scores.
• The Earnings Assurance Program will start in 2023. It will provide a $500,000 league minimum to all exempt players and issue $5,000 to nonexempt players who miss a cut to help with their expenses.

Monahan said:

“These innovations assure that the top players in the world will continue to compete for the trophies and titles that matter the most.”

During a question-and-answer portion of the press conference, Monahan was asked if a LIV Golf player saw these changes and was interested in coming back to the PGA Tour, would he be allowed? The answer was a hard no.

“As I’ve been clear throughout, every player has a choice, and I respect their choice. They made it, we made ours, and we are going to focus on what we can control.”

You can watch the press conference here:

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