DP World Tour star Ryan Fox batted away criticism of the circuit’s “strategic alliance” with the PGA Tour.
The European circuit has come under fire for the strengthened agreement, which will see the ten best players earn PGA Tour cards each year – but Fox disagrees.
“I think it’s a good thing,” he told bunkered.co.uk.
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“There’s a chance we’ll lose ten of our best guys to the PGA Tour but that’s been happening anyway. We’ve always been an unofficial feeder tour and the best players, like Tyrrell [Hatton] and Tommy [Fleetwood], have all moved over and play the majority of their golf there.
“It can only be good going forward that we’ve got more eyes on guys who have come through the DP World Tour.
“The fact we’re now an official pathway is a chance for us to get some of the guys from other tours who would otherwise go through the Korn Ferry Tour to come here and try to get in that way. It’s going to strengthen the tour.”
LIV Golf players, including Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, have been particularly vocal in their opposition to the alliance.
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