Rory McIlroy called it “a slap in the face” for James Hahn to miss Tuesday’s player meeting after Hahn had strongly criticized the PGA Tour’s new format of…
“Like, you say all this and you’re not even in the meeting?” the star from Northern Ireland said to reporters after his news conference Tuesday at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., where both McIlroy and Hahn are competing at the Players Championship this week.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“I hate them,” Hahn told Golfweek of the changes. “I’m gonna say exactly what 99.99 percent of fans said about players leaving for the LIV Tour. If our players just said, ‘We’re doing this for the money,’ I would have a lot more respect for them. But how they’re covering up what they’re doing and trying to make it a thing about sponsors and fans and saving opposite-field events. I think that’s all BS.
Now, the PGA Tour has tinkered with the tournaments further. In the 2024 season, each designated event will have a field of between 70 and 80 players, with a guarantee to play all four rounds for purses of $20 million or more.
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