New relationship in the works between the PGA TOUR and European Tour?

[Tommy Williamsen]

http://read.nxtbook.com/global_golf_post/global_golf_post/20200504/hopkins_feature.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Click%20To%20Read&utm_campaign=dm-050420-reminder

[Tom_Doak]

Must be one hell of a rad new web site they built . . .

[David_Tepper]

There have been 2 recent podcasts on this subject.
On April 14, the State of the Game podcast covered this topic:

https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5maXJlc2lkZS5mbS9zdGF0ZW9mdGhlZ2FtZS9yc3M&episode=OTIyNTY4NzYtY2U4Mi00OTk2LWFjOGItZWQ3NDE0MDRlNjAz&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjSkezJtKLpAhVPnJ4KHZDwDzYQieUEegQICxAE&ep=6


On April 29, Lawrence Donegan & John Huggan spoke with James Corrigan from The Telegraph: 


https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mckellar/id1483786770

The consensus is the global pandemic has put the European Tour in dire straits financially. A merger of some sorts with the PGA Tour is likely to happen.

[Ally Mcintosh]

Does this mean we can finally move the USPGA outside America and give it a better identity?

[Thomas Dai]

"... that tour ..."
atb

[David_Tepper]

Ally -

Good idea, except that the USPGA is not administered by the PGA Tour. It is administered by the U.S. PGA, which is a separate organization.

DT

[Ally Mcintosh]

Ally -

Good idea, except that the USPGA is not administered by the PGA Tour. It is administered by the U.S. PGA, which is a separate organization.

DT

Thanks David - didn’t consider that.

[Sean_A]

Ally -

Good idea, except that the USPGA is not administered by the PGA Tour. It is administered by the U.S. PGA, which is a separate organization.

DT

Yes, it would be odd to hold the USPGA in a foreign country 😎. But it could go back to matchplay.

Ciao

[Jon Wiggett]

Ally -

Good idea, except that the USPGA is not administered by the PGA Tour. It is administered by the U.S. PGA, which is a separate organization.

DT

Yes, it would be odd to hold the USPGA in a foreign country 😎. But it could go back to matchplay.

Ciao

Spot on Sean.

[Tommy Williamsen]

If there is some kind of merger would the TOURs be on equal footing or would The European tour be like a minor league?

[David_Tepper]

Tommy -

The consensus of the two podcasts I referenced earlier is there would likely be a handful of high profile PGA Tour held in GB&I & Europe event during the summer months and a handful  of PGA Tour events held in the Middle East & the Far East during the winter months. Otherwise the balance of the events played in Europe would be a developmental tour.

DT

   

[Tommy Williamsen]

Tommy -

The consensus of the two podcasts I referenced earlier is there would likely be a handful of high profile PGA Tour held in GB&I & Europe during the summer months and a handful  of PGA Tour events held in the Middle East & the Far East during the winter months. Otherwise the balance of the events played in Europe would be a developmental tour.

DT

 

I am curious to see how the player's vote would go. If it even gets that far.