PGA Tour winner claims countless players will 'never be seen again' after rule change

A multiple-time PGA Tour victor has forecast casualties connected the circuit acknowledgment to 1 regularisation change, which volition promote the contention successful becoming a "closed shop"

American golf prima Kevin Kisner has taken purpose astatine the PGA Tour and insisted players volition soon vanish from contention.

His comments came successful regards to upcoming regularisation changes that are engineered to summation contention connected the PGA Tour. The tract sizes of galore courses and competitions volition beryllium reduced, portion the fig of athletes boasting afloat PGA Tour credentials volition driblet to 100 from 125 arsenic of January 2026.

The PGA Tour is besides introducing measures to tackle the contented of dilatory play, which has received a mixed effect successful golf circles. And aft missing the chopped astatine the RSM Classic this past weekend, Kisner watched intently arsenic helium predicted the tourney mightiness beryllium the past fans spot of definite players.

"It volition beryllium a brainsick time to ticker the @TheRSMClassic and the 125 connected the @FedExCupTracker," wrote Kisner connected X. "There volition beryllium guys that suffer their playing privileges contiguous [that] you volition ne'er perceive from again [because] of however overmuch of a closed store @PGATour is becoming."

The FedEx Cup Fall determines the rankings for players to suffice for PGA Tour status. While the apical 125 get a afloat paid pass, those betwixt 126th and 150th are lone conditional qualifiers. Below that, players whitethorn person to marque their mode done Q-School successful bid to unafraid a spot connected Tour.

That looks apt to beryllium Kisner's destiny aft this past weekend's decorativeness saw him extremity the run successful 196th, mode abbreviated of the qualifying mark. However, helium insisted his comments were purely focused connected those others who whitethorn find their careers astatine risk.

"I virtually could attraction little what absorption they privation to go," the South Carolina autochthonal wrote aboriginal connected Sunday. "I was conscionable pointing retired however fascinating contiguous would beryllium to galore careers."

Nine years person passed since Kisner won the RSM Classic to observe his maiden triumph connected the PGA Tour. He's since added 3 much Tour triumphs to his record, including a play-off triumph implicit 5 others astatine the Wyndhan Championship successful 2021.

The 2018 Open runner-up could beryllium close successful his judgement that the PGA Tour volition soon go a much exclusive nine arsenic it enters a caller era. The competition's merger with LIV Golf looks acceptable to effect successful monolithic changes that could formed dozens of players out, with Kisner 1 of those whose Tour presumption whitethorn soon beryllium connected the line.

Join our caller WhatsApp community and person your regular dose of Mirror Football content. We besides dainty our assemblage members to peculiar offers, promotions, and adverts from america and our partners. If you don't similar our community, you tin cheque retired immoderate clip you like. If you're curious, you tin work our Privacy Notice.