The PGA Tour is starting to formulate a plan to 'reward' golfers who remained loyal to the league over LIV Golf.
"For me it didn't really make a difference. I was always going to be on the PGA Tour," Matthew Fitzpatrick said Thursday from the RBC Canadian Open."Obviously for the guys that did turn down significant amounts of money then that's probably a tough one to swallow and I feel for them."
It’s not clear how Dunne’s equity system will work just yet, or how big of a stake in the new company each golfer will get. LIV Golf members who return to the Tour, however, won’t be eligible to receive that equity.Monahan is set to serve as the CEO of the new golf league, which will be funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and include the Tour, the DP World Tour and LIV Golf — though it’s unclear if LIV Golf will continue after this season ends.
Assuming LIV Golf doesn’t make it into a third season, Dunne said a committee would determine punishments for players who wanted to return. Per ESPN, it would be decided on a “case-by-case” basis. "I think we would form a panel, including tour players, that would evaluate what the terms would be," Dunne said,."Remember, they're coming back to compete on the tour, so they have to be confident that they would be good enough to continue to play, and they have to be willing to incur the penalty for having gone … Players on the LIV [tour] that wanted to reinstate into the PGA Tour would go through a process [and] suspension.
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