No.1 wants more info on league

WORLD No.1 Brooks Koepka believes the Premier Golf League, a proposed series that could potentially overshadow the main tours, could actually take place and wants to know more about it.

Koepka acknowledged he still had much to learn about the specifics of the proposed circuit, but said he would likely be one of the first to decide whether to participate.

Speaking ahead of the Saudi International, Koepka expressed interest in learning more about the British-based World Golf Group’s (WGG) plans announced last week.

After working quietly for years behind the scenes, the WGG went public with an outline of what it says would be a series of 18 yearly tournaments starting in 2022.

Each event would feature 48 players competing over three rounds for $US10 million ($A15 million), using a team franchise system.

If it comes to fruition, the new tour would be the biggest shake-up to professional golf in decades, though many hurdles remain to be cleared for it to become a reality.

“I think this might actually happen,” Koepka said. “This is all basically a month old for me when I realised that, OK, well, this could be a possibility.

“Things are, I guess, developing, even as we speak.

“When things are more finalised and kind of put in stone and I understand it and I exactly know where things are falling, then I’ll be probably one of the first ones to make a choice or figure out what I’m going to do.”

None of the top players asked about the proposed tour in recent days, including Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson, have ruled out participating, even as the PGA Tour has told players that prize money at the Players Championship in March will jump to a record $15 million.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan also told players last week tour purses would just about double within the next five years.