For the self-proclaimed honorable sport of golf, this week’s occasion and backdrop are sublimely symmetric. It’s the 150th British Open. At the Old Course at...
. The British Open and other majors are among the few tournaments in which LIV players can compete alongside those from golf’s established tours.
It’s been less than two months since the 2022 Nelson was played May 12-15, amid trickling reports about early defectors committing to the debut LIV Golf event June 9-11 in England. For the Nelson, it was the second year of a five-year commitment to host the tournament at McKinney’s TPC Craig Ranch. Among the PGA Tour’s current 47 events, the Nelson and Colonial have well-positioned themselves among the upper-third tier, largely through their longstanding reputation and tradition, strong title sponsorship and competitive purses.
None of those events were the Nelson or Schwab. Monahan didn’t specify where the extra money would come from, though he did say the Tour has cash reserves, some of which was used to assist tournaments during the pandemic when the Nelson, for instance, had its 2020 event canceled.
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