PGA Tour relaxes criteria for young golfers
The "PGA Tour University" (PTU) opens from 2020, in which the output is only 10 golfers for the Korn Ferry Tour second-class system or its affiliated buffer branches. "Diploma" is only issued according to the transcript converted from the performance of the national school golf season in the United States (NCAA). However, the promotion to first place with PTU golfers will be faster from now on when the PGA Tour Policy Board approves the reform program on November 15.
Accordingly, when PTU closes the results in June 2023, the student who finishes first in the 2022-2023 group will be issued a full-time card on the PGA Tour, expected to receive 14 prizes to accumulate FedEx Cup points. The remaining 9 faces will follow the current rules: group 2-5 enter KFT and the final stage of the series of first place promotion (Q-School), group 6-10 enter conditional competition in KFT and the whole branch. subordinates for Canada, Latin America as well as Q-School phase 2.
In addition to renewing the main regulations at PTU, the organization that runs the PGA Tour will also implement an "acceleration program", thereby allowing new students to accumulate points for faster advancement.
In this section, students will automatically enter the PGA Tour if they score at least 20 points at the end of the third year. Points are calculated when finishing first in tournaments or holding professional awards recognized by the PGA Tour, distributed as follows:
The "acceleration program" took effect immediately, so there are currently three candidates, including Michael Thorbjornsen (12 points) and Gordon Sargent (10 points), Nick Gabrelcik (4 points)
The PGA Tour's "university reform" is considered a move to deal with LIV Golf in the field of talent recruitment, especially when the Saudi-sponsored arena attracts a few potential young faces in the opening season of 2022, including Eugenio Chacarra. This player is a senior at the University of Oklahoma, supposed to be on the school's golf team until graduation. However, the 22-year-old Spaniard played big when he quit the National School Golf Tournament in the US (NCAA) to switch to playing professionally, choosing LIV Golf right from the end of June.
After more than three months, Chacarra became a millionaire with $5,643 million in prize money, including $4 million when she won first place at LIV Golf Invitational Series Bangkok on October 9.
"This is a great achievement. But to achieve it, you just have to be confident, persistently strive to do your best every day. I was taught that from a young age," Chacarra said at the ceremony to receive the trophy with the same bonus as "winning the lottery. jackpot" in Bangkok. Then, he praised the LIV Golf Invitational Series: "In this arena, I have learned countless lessons, and competed with the best golfers in the world as I have dreamed of since I was a child. And my teammates enthusiastically helped me. I think it's a proud environment."
