There have been criticisms of the DP World Tour for some time. Most believe that they are ‘feeders’ of the PGA Tour and that their partnership is actually a gain for only one side. The PGA Tour and the DP World Tour are trying to fight LIV Golf together.
DP World Tour chief executive Keith Pelley could not keep silent at such statements, and had a fierce reaction; “Can we please just stop the feeder tour nonsense once and for all?!” Pelley said for skysports. “Is this week a tournament that is on a feeder tour? A tournament that has sold-out crowds, television coverage around the world in 150 countries, five of the top 15 players in the world? Was our first co-sanctioned event with the PGA Tour in Scotland where 14 of the Top 15 players played a tournament, would that appear on a feeder tour? I could go on and on.”
Keith Pelley on DP World Tour
The DP World Tour is serious in its intentions and strives to attract a large audience. In the future, they plan to implement new things that will be a ‘revolution’ for the world of golf.
“I genuinely personally don’t believe the metric should be just prize fund: Playing opportunities, tournaments, number of countries, number of broadcast partners, the quality of our sponsors, different nationalities of our players and then total number of players, innovation both inside and outside the ropes.
Inclusivity including embracing the women’s game. If those are the metrics, and I haven’t even mentioned The Ryder Cup, which we operate in Europe, then we are not only golf’s global tour, but we are also unquestionably the No 2 tour in the world [behind PGA Tour] by a country mile.
” In the coming period, we are expecting an even bigger battle between the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour against LIV Golf. At this moment, golf is experiencing a real ‘evolution’ and the question is who will emerge as the winner in this battle. Is the potential partnership of all three parties a realistic thing? We wouldn’t say it, but let’s wait…
