“AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN WENTWORTH AND PONTE VEDRA BEACH MAKES BOTH TOURS STRONGER ...”
News that the PGA Tour and the European Tour are going to be working more closely together in the future wasn’t really a surprise.
There have always been rumours that the European Tour is very reliant – some might say over-reliant – on the revenue generated by the Ryder Cup matches. And at some point, in order to keep pace with the prize funds expected at the top level these days, the guys at Wentworth were inevitably going to need some help in that department. Some underwriting was always going to be required.
In contrast to the European Tour, the PGA Tour is a behemoth. The United States is the biggest commercial market in
