El PGA Tour explora un calendario de doble vía ante la incertidumbre de los torneos

El PGA Tour está considerando un sistema de calendario de doble vía que podría dividir sus torneos en niveles con diferentes tamaños de campo. El nuevo director ejecutivo, Brian Rolapp, ha discutido la idea con los jugadores durante reuniones recientes. Algunos torneos están a la espera de conocer su ubicación en la estructura propuesta.

Las discusiones cobraron relevancia antes de que el CJ Cup Byron Nelson comenzara en el TPC Craig Ranch en McKinney, Texas. Rolapp se reunió con los jugadores en el Truist Championship hace dos semanas y nuevamente el martes para exponer los planes de 23 torneos de élite con campos de 120 jugadores y otros 20 torneos con campos de 140 hombres. Jugadores como Eric Cole señalaron que los campos más reducidos en los torneos principales podrían disminuir las oportunidades para otros en el calendario.

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