The Uncertain Future of the European Tour

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

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🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

At this past week's BMW PGA Championship, multiple players who have signed with LIV Golf aired their grievances about the direction of the DP World Tour, formerly know as the European Tour. Ian Poulter, Sergio García, and other Euro vets feel that the proud, historic tour has become a mere "feeder tour," and that DPWT CEO Keith Pelley's negotiation of a "strategic alliance" with the PGA Tour is significantly to blame. They might have a point. Andy Johnson and Garrett Morrison discuss the recent history of the European Tour, the decisions that led to its current status, how it should position itself in the new world order of professional golf, and whether it has any hope of returning to its former glory.

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0:00.0	I'm Mr. Green, for example. I'm already upset. When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset.
0:05.0	And when I find my ball in a bright egg.
0:07.0	Bright egg.
0:08.0	The dreaded bright egg.
0:09.0	Bright egg.
0:10.0	Bright egg.
0:11.0	Bright egg.
0:12.0	Bright egg lie. I'm about ready to run off the golf course course.
0:30.0	Welcome to the bright egg podcast. I'm Garrett Morrison. And today we're discussing the future of the European tour or what is now known as the DP World Tour.
0:45.0	The reason we're talking about this now is that the biggest event in golf this past week was the BMW PGA championship on the DP World Tour.
0:54.0	And the field had a mixture of players that we haven't seen outside of the majors in a while.
1:00.0	There were Euro tour regulars, of course, but also some PGA tour members, as well as a number of players who have signed on with the live golf series.
1:09.0	So naturally, there was a lot of tension, which was fun to watch.
1:13.0	But in a more serious sense, there was this overarching discussion of how the DP World Tour should kind of position itself in the new golf landscape.
1:25.0	So for example, should it accommodate live players to some degree?
1:29.0	What kind of relationship should it have with the PGA tour? Is it okay for the DP World Tour to just sort of accept its status as a feeder tour?
1:39.0	I think these are some really important questions. And at some point, the Euro Tour and its CEO, Keith Pelley, will need to answer them.
1:48.0	And those answers have big consequences for what professional golf looks like going forward. So that's where we're digging into today.
1:55.0	Here with me to talk about it all is Andy Johnson. Andy, how are you doing?
1:59.0	I'm doing great, Garrett. I think this week with the European tour is just like a very interesting inflection point for the tour.
2:07.0	It's obviously, I think when we were growing up watching golf, the European tour was a fixture. And it was a strong tour.
2:15.0	It had many of the world's best players on it. And I think you can kind of trace back to when Tiger burst on the scene is when the European tour began to reach a demise.
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