The new changes to the PGA Tour has been classed as "imitation" by LIV Golf chiefs while rebel players Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter have also fired digs.
This week, tour commissioner Jay Monahan confirmed the board had approved major alterations to tournaments for 2024, amid fears that more players will defect to the Saudi-backed venture for increased sums of money. In 'elevated' events, the field sizes will decrease and the midway cut will also be scrapped - although the changes won't apply to major championships, the Players Championship or the FedEx Cup playoffs.
A similar format is already utilised by LIV, who run 54-hole events with 48 players each time. With big sums available even for those finishing near the bottom of the leaderboard, players also competed in four man teams without the fear of being cut.
