Changes to the PGA Tour led by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were widely praised last week – but it seems not everyone is happy.
James Hahn, a member of the PGA Tour’s player advisory council, ripped several aspects in an interview with Golfweek.
The 41-year-old claimed the now-legendary meeting held before the BMW Championship was only for the benefit of the top 20 players.
Hahn took particular issue with the Player Impact Program, which has been extended to reward the top 20 players and will now pay out $100 million, and revealed he was the only member of the PGA Tour board to vote against the changes.
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“Certain changes were made to combat the LIV Tour, not necessarily make our Tour any better,” he said.
“To prevent more players from leaving our Tour, we are ending up paying the top players in the world guaranteed money that has increased exponentially.
“Three years ago, we started implementing this new PIP program, which has grown to $100million. It seems like the people who have the most influence of how much money is distributed to the top players in the world have a much stronger voice now than they’ve ever had.
“I understand the reasoning that the money is used to keep top players and without…
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