The Evian Championship was elevated to a fifth major on the LPGA Tour in 2013, and the majors represented the biggest purses in women’s golf. And the PGA Championship takes the top 15 and ties from the previous year. His tie for third earned him a spot in his first Masters next April. Open (top 60) and British Open (top 50) used the ranking to decide which players are exempt. 49 in the world in the last tournament before the U.S. 100 in the world and received a special invitation to the PGA for his second major, is assured of playing the next four. It's a small consolation but Pereira, who was No. Mito Pereira cared only about winning the PGA Championship, and to close with a double bogey to finish one shot out of a playoff was devastating.
You don’t want to have a tour just take over like that.” I can fully understand why the PGA Tour is feeling how they’re feeling, and the European tour. And here’s Saudi, wanting to start where the PGA Tour is now,” he said. “The PGA Tour has built something for 50 years to get to where they are. As tempting as the money and schedule is, Norris can see why the PGA Tour and European tour are resisting. Norris said neither the Sunshine Tour, which just started back up again, nor the Japan Golf Tour is “not bothered” by members playing. We know there are a bunch of players fully committed. “Are they going to completely ban you from the tours? Fine you? I don’t want to get myself in a complete mess where I can’t get out of it. “I just want to see how the tours are going to handle it,” he said.
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So what’s holding him back from signing up for a series of $20 million events with $4 million for the winner? “If you can work out 15 or 20 weeks of the year and the rest of the time is spent at home? That’s an ideal lifestyle, especially as the father of two,” he said.Įxcept for 2020, when the schedule was disrupted by the pandemic, Norris has averaged 27 tournaments a year, with a high of 34. The next one is scheduled for Oregon on July 1-3, a week before he is to play the Scottish Open and the British Open. The first LIV Golf event is June 9-11 at Centurion Golf Club, a week before the U.S. Open, exempt by winning the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit. If it comes down to have to do that, you never know. We’re trying to figure out a way to make it easier. “All this hard traveling playing Europe, the U.S., Japan, I barely get to see my kids. “If it does work out for me, at my age, you start to want to look after your family and stay at home,” Norris said. That’s a big reason why he is curious about LIV Golf. “I saw her for a week and then I had to leave,” Norris said. He also has two children, a 3-year-old boy and a daughter born two months ago in Pretoria. This year alone, he has played tournaments on four of the six main golf circuits, earning his European tour card by winning a co-sanctioned event in South Africa. Norris has victories on the Sunshine Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Asian Tour and the European tour in his career. The money and the small schedule are appealing to the 40-year-old.
I’m just hanging back and basically testing the waters.” I’m not fully convinced or decided on going yet. “I’m just waiting to see what will happen.