Former world No. 1 Jon Rahm gave a telling reaction when discussing the PGA Tour's new plans for elevated events, amid the circuit's ongoing battle with LIV Golf. On Wednesday PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced a whole host of new plans coming to the Tour in 2023.
One of these was introducing 12 elevated events with an average of £17 million on offer at each tournament. Monahan added that the circuit's elite group of players had also committed to playing 20 events on the calendar, including the elevated events, major championships and the Players Championship.
Before being made public, Tour chiefs - with the help of golfing great Tiger Woods - showcased the plans to the American-based circuit's top 22 players in a meeting at the BMW Championship in Delaware to keep them onside in their war with LIV.
