PGA Tour Fall ‘total bullsh**:’ Jimmy Walker rips LIV Golf-fueled changes

Jimmy Walker fired off a powerful spherical on the Fortinet Championship on Transferring Day however wasn’t joyful afterward. The long-time PGA Tour member is sad with the schedule modifications affecting his livelihood.

On the finish of the PGA Tour common season, he completed the FedEx Cup rankings at No. 124.

That rating used to get gamers into the playoffs, however not this 12 months. Solely the highest 70 gamers bought into the primary occasion, the highest 50 within the second and high 30 into Atlanta for the Tour Championship.

Following his spherical Saturday, Walker expressed displeasure with the Tour’s choice to implement this FedEx Cup Fall sequence, per Golfweek.

“They modified the foundations. It’s been 125 eternally. Then it’s like, no, it’s 50, or is it 70? It’s positively not 125. It’s whole bullsh**, that’s what I consider it,” Walker stated. “I’ve been working for 11 months to complete 125, and it’s like, nope, maintain taking part in. So, I’m going to provide all of it I’ve bought. That’s all I can do.”

The previous PGA Championship winner shut down his season on the Valero Texas Open final 12 months. With gamers leaving for LIV Golf, he was vaulted to quantity 43 within the profession earnings rankings on the PGA Tour.

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The highest 50 on the profession earnings rankings are given entry to a one-time exception for this season.

However Walker didn’t have his finest season this 12 months. Regardless of taking part in in 25 occasions, making 10 cuts and 6 high 25 finishes, he nonetheless completed nicely out of the highest 70.

“They’ve [PGA Tour] finished such a foul job speaking what is going on, partly as a result of I don’t assume they knew what was taking place, actually,” Walker stated. “It’s been a method eternally.”

Walker correlates these modifications to LIV Golf and the Saudi PIF.

“LIV and the Saudis occur and plenty of issues change and everyone freaks out and we signal an settlement that stops litigation,” Walker stated. “They’re speaking a few large payout for the gamers which have stayed. All of it’s blowing my thoughts. The Tour is doing every thing they will to maintain themselves and never for the gamers.”

“I’m not going to get to play Pebble Seaside subsequent 12 months, a area that’s at all times had 180 gamers and I’m a previous champion,” Walker stated.

“I stated to Jay [Monahan], what if San Antonio was an elevated occasion? You’re going to inform me I dwell there, I’ve finished what number of pressers for you guys and every thing you’ve requested me to do and I can’t play my hometown occasion? It’s actually bass-ackwards proper now.”

The 20-year PGA Tour veteran just isn’t joyful. Nonetheless, he’ll proceed taking part in within the Fall sequence to earn his card for 2024.

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