Ryan Palmer has been around PGA Tour for a long and long time.
The 48-year-old returned in favor in 2000. He played in 518 PGA Tour events, scoring four wins.
Palmer watched the game burst during Peak Tiger Woods and is now watching as PGA Tour fits to try to grow and bloom In the economy of attention.
PGA Tour announced that some changes will occur since 2026, including shaving the number of players excluded from 125 to Top 100. Factors in the tournament given.
Palmer is in favor of these changes. In fact, he has hoped the tournament will become more cut with cards for a while.
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“I’ve said it for five to seven years now: I’ve always been in favor of cutting cards,” Palmer said in the last episode of Podcast Subpar of Golf. “I’ve always thought there were a lot of players with a card and not enough access.
“I’m not against cutting the fields. You know, 120 to 132 being the maximum field. Top 100 (keep their cards) doesn’t bother me at all. I think the game is taken so deep and so strong. You want the best. To make the top 100 places, you need to have a pretty good year now. Top 125, it seemed like many boys were running out of 120, 121 balls, holding their card every year and playing well. Those days are made. Average game days and keeping your card have not been done unless you have won in the past year or two. “
Palmer, however, is not giving PGA Tour a pass in all their changes.
The winner four times would like to see some changes to the signature event model, ie how many players can be introduced and the institution of a cut.
“I don’t think it’s a good product, in my opinion,” Palmer told the events with 70 men, without interruption. “I think the fields with 120 men with one cut are a great way to go. I can see the tiger event in La, Arnold and Jack’s, their fields were 100 with a cut. There are your signature events and i Make even bigger bags.
“I don’t know what is wrong with a field of 120 men in Pebble and others alongside Tiger, Jack and Arnie.”
For the record, a change that the tournament made for the 2025 season was to create cuts in the three signature events expected by players: Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational and Memorial. All three tournaments will display a 36 -holes in the top 50 and plus links within 10 lead shocks.
To hear more from Palmer, watch the video above or watch all subpar episodes on youtube.
