Brian Rolapp: ‘My brief is to make the PGA Tour better’
American wants to change structure of regular season
Brian Rolapp, the chief executive of the PGA Tour, has dismissed any notion of LIV golfers being afforded entry to the Players Championship as a means of boosting the tournament’s status. The PGA Tour has tried to start a debate over whether the Sawgrass event should be added to the rota of majors.
The obvious element that undermines the Players’ standing is the inability of LIV players – such as Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Smith, winner of the 2022 Open Championship – to enter. Rolapp made it plain in Florida on Wednesday that the situation will not change any time soon. “That’s not sort of a priority I’ve put on my list,” he said. “So that’s not something I have considered to date.”