‘Thanks to LIV’: Golf World Reacts to PGA Tour’s Major Announcement for College Golfers

This week was good news for all the college golfers trying to get on the PGA Tour. The tour announced on Monday that division one college golfers would have two opportunities to earn the PGA membership through the PGA tour University presented by Velocity Global. All the members at the Policy Board meeting approved the new eligibility changes yesterday. 

The recent changes mean that the best player in the PGA University program will earn a tour membership after the end of stroke play at the 2023 NCAA D-I National Championship. The golf writer at CBSC sports took his official Twitter account and posted pictures of the new rules. He captioned it, saying that PGA Tour has created two paths for college golfers straight into full membership on the Tour. Without a doubt, this is a good thing and a big deal. But what are the changes?

How did fans react to the great PGA news?

According to the new rule, the best player to finish the final PGA Tour University Velocity Global ranking will have the right to be part of the Tour. The golfer will be eligible for all the Open championship and full-field events. However, for this to happen, the NCCA Championship must conclude first. Not to mention that the Velocity Global ranking will also include seniors who will meet the eligibility criteria.

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However, the introduction of PGA Tour University Accelerated will also benefit Juniors, sophomores, and freshmen. The Golfers who will achieve high benchmarks in college will benefit from it. This new program will allow amateur and professional golfers to earn tour membership. However, again the NCAA championship’s conclusion will make all this happen. Once the golfer meets the benchmarks, he can be part of the Open Championship and other PGA field events.

Questions from golf fans swamped the comment section. Introducing new rules has stirred golf fans, who have many questions about the recent changes. Even though the rules have been explained in the Twitter post, curiosity is high. They still have questions and also demonstrate their understanding. Let’s check out some of the fan reactions.

What is PGA Tour University?

We know Tour well, however, let’s walk down history lane and refresh our memory. The PGA Tour University program is a golfers program for college students. It is based on the skilled performance of a senior to become eligible for professional tournaments. They introduced this program in 2020 and offered it across the Korn Ferry Tour.

In 2020, the Korn Ferry Tour’s senior director, Brendan Von Doehren, appreciated the program and believed this would open gates to many opportunities for the players and introduce the world to the best golfers. He said, “We want to have the best players in the world come through our tours. This is going to really help in that.”

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