"Better for Everyone" - Viktor Hovland, Adam Scott both support PGA TOUR changes
24 year old Norseman Viktor Hovland and 42 year old Adam Scott from sun-baked Aus have quite different backgrounds and experiences, but both have endorsed the recent PGA TOUR changes.
From Eurosport, by Alex Livie:
Viktor Hovland has given a glowing endorsement of the changes to the PGA Tour schedule for 2023 and beyond.
To counter the threat of LIV Golf, the PGA Tour had been in consultation with its members on ways to increase prize funds and competition among the elite names...
“I think it will be better for everyone when you get these tournaments that get a little bigger and the best players participate in them.” Read more
From Yahoo!Sports, by Rex Hoggard:
ATLANTA – At 42 years old, Adam Scott is the oldest player in this week’s field by five years. He played his first Tour Championship in 2004 when current postseason front-runner Scottie Scheffler was 8 years old. He won the season finale in ’06 when Joaquin Niemann, who is currently inside the top 5, was 8 years old.
The East Lake elder statesman has seen the rise of the FedExCup Playoffs and the transition to strokes-based scoring at the finale. He’s been an easy-going constant through two decades of trial and error. It’s a resumé that makes Scott the obvious choice for those looking to put Wednesday’s news in context...
In the age of player empowerment, Scott is a reluctant participant. “Not if Tiger and Rory are speaking,” he laughed Thursday following his first round at East Lake. “I’ll let them do all the voicing.”
While Scott and most of the game’s top players are more than happy to let Woods and McIlroy, who led last week’s player-only meeting that set the stage for Wednesday’s announcement, carry the banner, he does have thoughts on the circuit’s plan to create a series of elevated events and an apparatus that promises to bring the game’s top players together more often...
“It’s good news if you’re a player. We’ve got to see it come to fruition, but I’m on board with essentially having the top players gather more often,” he said. Read more
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