These are unprecedented days for the PGA Tour, and the Tour's leadership is seeking to put out fires — and win support — on multiple fronts. Late Wednesday evening, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, freshly returned from a five-week medical leave, sent a memo to players outlining the Tour's plans and intentions on a wide range of subjects.
Most notably, Monahan indicated in a paragraph buried near the bottom of the memo that the Tour would not be supporting the so-called"Modified Local Rule" distance-rollback proposal advanced by the USGA, which administers the U.S. Open, and the R&A, which oversees the Open Championship. The Modified Local Rule attempts to address the debate over pros' spectacular drive distances off the tee, distances that are now threatening the viability of courses all over the world.
Further distance certainly benefits both players and equipment manufacturers, who are not eager to see their sponsored players suffer a 20-yard rollback of their stats via shorter-distance balls. But the drive-and-wedge game that pros now practice renders many of the game's classic courses obsolete, or at least neutralizes many of their architectural strategies.
Monahan also noted that the Tour is compiling player input on a"Player Benefit Program" under the new agreement — in other words, what revenue players could expect as part of the new agreement with the PIF. As with discipline, no specifics were offered beyond a pledge to supply more details at a future date.
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