Keegan Bradley warns PGA Tour of extreme | Golf News

Former Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley is sounding the alarm over what he describes as “extreme consequences” stemming from the PGA Tour’s revamped format.

The PGA Tour unveiled plans for a restructured future consisting of a ‘Challenger Series’ and a ‘Championship Series,’ as the tour seems to be to convey the world’s top gamers together in the same fields, with considerably bigger purses, heightened competitors and an overhauled relegation course of. Scottie Scheffler, meanwhile, has used Tiger Woods to clarify his schedule determination.

Bradley, a seasoned PGA Tour veteran who captained the Ryder Cup just last 12 months, is also a defending champion and two-time winner of the Travelers Championship — the venue where he addressed the sweeping adjustments. “I think the stuff that Brian announced is sort of what we’ve been hearing, confirming what we’re going to do,” said Bradley forward of the ultimate signature event of the season.

“It’s going to be just extremely competitive. Golf has always been a sport where you have to earn what you get and, like, this is going to become even more so with that.

“I imply, you are going to see gamers that are, you already know, top, top gamers that — you already know, I believe a lot of the Europeans that do not get to play a full schedule out right here, where they’re taking part in 14, 15 occasions, because — they better play some strong golf in those, because the implications now are extreme.”

The PGA Tour’s Championship Series will offer a consistent schedule for the world’s elite players, featuring approximately 23-24 events, including the Players Championship, the majors and the international team events. Bradley continued: “You’re going from taking part in the most important tournaments in the world to you are not in them, which goes to be actually, actually intense.

“I think the membership is very aware of that and golf is now even more so becoming a result-oriented sport. Can’t rely on, I had a good year two years ago, you got to prove it every year, which I think is great.”

The PGA Tour has confirmed 10 of the anticipated 15 championship collection occasions, with the remaining calendar openings doubtlessly being stuffed by tournaments in Boston, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D. C.

“Yeah, very strange,” Bradley remarked, addressing the PGA Tour’s absence from the Northeast in contrast to earlier years.

“I think if you spoke to everyone of the membership they would all sort of agree that this is like the best place to play golf for us, especially as the season, end of the summer into the fall. Who knows how the schedule is going to evolve, and maybe there will be a swing in the northeast.

“But I believe it is actually important that we play golf programs like The Country Club, just like the golf programs all over New York, all over Philadelphia.

“These are just how, you know, I grew up playing courses, tree-lined, rough, I think that they’re great for tournament venues.”