Jason Day makes LIV Golf feelings clear as PGA | Golf News

Jason Day has proposed that the PGA Tour schedule has successfully cut up into two tiers following the introduction of the profitable Signature Events.

Day is at the moment competing within the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, his third occasion of the season after collaborating in The Sentry and final week’s American Express. The early half of the PGA Tour season has seen a sluggish roll-out of top-tier gamers competing collectively.

Notably, golf stars Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have but to play within the United States this 12 months, with Scheffler sidelined as a consequence of damage and McIlroy kicking off his season on the DP World Tour in Dubai final week.

Meanwhile, world No. 2 Xander Schauffele has solely appeared as soon as on the season-opening Sentry, subsequently withdrawing from the American Express and opting out of Torrey Pines this week.

Several different gamers listed for the Farmers Insurance Open have additionally withdrawn, together with Will Zalatoris, Collin Morikawa, and Akshay Bhatia. Despite these absences, Day stays within the competitors.

Prior to the event, the Australian golfer urged that the PGA Tour has bifurcated following the launch of the Signature Events, unique to the Tour’s prime gamers. He attributes this perceived two-tier system to the institution of LIV Golf.

“Well, there are two tours within a tour now if you could understand that,” he mentioned. “I think you have the top guys playing the Signature Events and you have the other side of it, too. I think that just happened purely because of the way that when LIV came about, and it’s unfortunate but that’s what — ultimately that’s what we’re dealing with now.”

Recent discussions have scrutinised the diminished frequency of the world’s prime golfers competing towards one another usually. Day suggests following within the footsteps of LIV Golf, which gives a scant 14-tournament schedule, as a approach ahead for the PGA Tour.

“Yeah, it is tough. The two tours are difficult,” he added. “I mean, ultimately I think at the end of the day you would probably, you know, if you wanted everyone to play in a tournament, you have to shrink the schedule down dramatically It used to be 48 events on the schedule and you knew that it wasn’t — you weren’t going to have the best players in the world.

“The solely approach you are going to get the best gamers on this planet is to shrink the schedule down dramatically, and I feel primarily that is sort of what they’re doing now within the Tour is that you’ve the Signature Events and you’ve got the most important championship.

“Then you have — you throw in your Memorials, your Bay Hills, your Tiger events, all that stuff, those bigger events within that offer three-year exemptions instead of the typical two-year exemptions. Then you might sprinkle in some golf tournaments that you actually like and play well in.”

He continued: “Then the rest of the guys that are not quite in those Signature Events yet.”

Day will start his pursuit of victory in Wednesday’s opening spherical, taking part in alongside Hideki Matsuyama and Max Homa.