Jordan Spieth offers opinions on PGA Tour’s future

Jordan Spieth’s watch as a member of the PGA Tour policy board ended on Monday when Camilo Villegas replaced him aboard PGA Tour after becoming a player director on the policy board at the beginning of the season.

Spieth spoke Tuesday at the PGA National Before its first career start at Cognizant Classic in Palm Beaches. He was asked for his thoughts on the future of PGA Tour after Monday’s board meeting, but said he was just about starting to solve things with Villegas and then registered.

However, Dodge did not last long after the great winner three times expressed his thoughts on some issues facing the future of PGA Tour.

Spieth was asked about Rory Mcilroy and the confidence of others that PGA Tour should have fewer tournaments going forward. He said the changes that PGA Tour made have been “reactive and appropriately”, while then trying to design what he believes the goal is for the future structure of the tournament.

“I know they are going through their process of future product model items, including networks, including fans, including sponsors,” Spieth said. “These are the three to be included, and, of course, to find the right situation for players, being at the forefront of their minds. Jew is simply realizing what is the best model of the future product, and we We will need to see what happens within the next investments, what does this mean. The events, what is the right number in the event, and if they are more elevated events of the type, but more players, or is again in what it was once.

“That, I don’t know because I have taken away myself from those conversations. I think we will have a good meter this year if this type of model works, and that does not mean that its arrangement in certain sizes of the field and what would not happen. bad everywhere, ratings They grow up too.

Spieth said he has spent a lot of time last year talking to PGA Tour at all levels to assess their response to changes and try to provide solutions to issues with the proposed changes.

“The idea is to try to get everything right as possible,” said Spieth, “while creating more opportunities for the best boys to play the best golf courses and the best tournaments as often as possible and have trails to create stars coming from Canada, Latin America, through Korn Ferry, to PGA Tour, being able to have (Ludwig Aberg) come out and make an impact immediately The biggest events.

“So, having a combination of the band, I think it’s what you are going to the next product model, and everyone is ideally heard.”

Spieth repeated several times that he is no longer involved in those conversations, but said he believes the changes in the tournament format were among the things discussed at Monday after he left. PGA Tour is said to be looking to change the tour championship from a game event in a match bracket.

“I think the idea is just to make the experience of the best fan, do NBC, include them too much involved in what they think will be the best option, and ideally, you end up having the situation most The exciting Saturday-School that is easy to follow with the biggest drama you can have, it goes up to the last hole, “Spieth said. “We’ve had a couple of different repetitions of it. In the first repetition, I think the holiday was (they) didn’t want two different champions-it was confusing-in the same green. Then you go to the striking format, and though Easier to follow, I think the idea is the tournament, networks and by voting fans, I think they believe there is an opportunity of a better format, regardless of whether this includes any kind of head -to match Head, she includes fewer boys on Sunday everyone playing for her.

“I think everything is a lot on the table, and I’m not sure what they have narrowed that since then.”

As one of the biggest golf needles movers, the spieth will still be filled with questions about The future of golf and the chances of reunion.

But from now on, he – Like Rory Mcilroy – will only talk about himself. As a big sample three times and the face of sports. Not as a member of the policy board with an official role in the formation of what comes next.