Golf-PGA and European Tours unveil three joint events for 2021-22 season

In addition, there will be access for 50 European Tour members to each of two PGA Tour events in 2022 for the first time: the Barbasol Championship and Barracuda Championship. "With today's news, I am pleased to say that the PGA Tour and the European Tour are both stronger than at any time in our history, as we are positioned to grow – together – over the next 10 years faster than we have at any point in our existence," PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said in a news release.


Reuters | Updated: 03-08-2021 19:56 IST | Created: 03-08-2021 19:55 IST
Golf-PGA and European Tours unveil three joint events for 2021-22 season
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The golf calendar will have a different feel next season as the PGA Tour and European Tour on Tuesday unveiled a series of co-sanctioned events that will make it more flexible for golfers to compete on both tours. As part of a strategic alliance announced last November, the tours said the Genesis Scottish Open, Barbasol Championship and Barracuda Championship will award points for both the FedExCup and Race to Dubai.

The player field for the July 7-10 Scottish Open, which will retain its place in calendar the week ahead of the British Open, will be a split between members of both tours. In addition, there will be access for 50 European Tour members to each of two PGA Tour events in 2022 for the first time: the Barbasol Championship and Barracuda Championship.

"With today's news, I am pleased to say that the PGA Tour and the European Tour are both stronger than at any time in our history, as we are positioned to grow – together – over the next 10 years faster than we have at any point in our existence," PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said in a news release. "We are committed to continuing to evolve and adapt, and with our ever-strengthening partnership with the European Tour, to take the global game to the heights we all know it is capable of."

In addition, the number of World Golf Championships events on the PGA Tour schedule will drop to two as the Memphis stop will shift from a regular-season event into the first playoff event while the April 28-May 1 Mexico Championship will be a standalone event not under the WGC umbrella. With a field of 132 players instead of the usual 72, the PGA Tour anticipates additional Mexican golfers in the Mexico Championship field as it looks to grow the game in one of golf's key emerging markets.

The PGA Tour also said that after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the RBC Canadian Open will return in 2022 and be played June 9-12 at St. George's Golf and Country Club in Toronto.

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