Players hope to learn more about merger at players meeting at TPC
Rahm, world’s No. 2 golfer, looking for 1st Travelers crown
CROMWELL — There are still many unanswered questions about the PGA Tour’s merger with the Saudi-financed Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the DP World Tour that was publicly announced two weeks ago.
Players are hopeful that some of those questions are answered at a planned Player Advisory Council meeting to be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the TPC at River Highlands.
The merger has left many of the PGA Tour players looking for answers. Jon Rahm, the No. 2 player in the World Rankings, said he is still pretty
CROMWELL — Jon Rahm was asked Tuesday how the golfers playing in the final groups of Sunday’s U.S. Open will respond after that grueling tournament, then a 3,000mile flight to get ready for the Travelers Championship, another designated PGA Tour event.
Rahm focused on the champion, Wyndham Clark, who won his first major championship less than two months after getting his first tour win.
“The only one that hasn’t been in that situation was Wyndham. After winning I’m pretty sure he doesn’t care how it goes this week.” Rahm said at the Travelers Championship. “All I could tell him is to enjoy the win as much as possible. You know, if you want to focus and play this week, go ahead, but just take the time to enjoy those moments, just because,
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you know, they’re not easy to come by.”
Clark is in the field at this week’s Travelers Championship, one of the tour’s designated events that were started with this tour season.
Rahm sits at No. 2 in the world rankings and No. 1 in the FedExCup standings. He has won four times on the tour this year, the last one coming at the Masters in April.
Rahm then came to another designated event, the RBC Heritage. Even though it was in a bordering state from where the Masters was held, Rahm was still pretty drained after earning his second major. He also won the 2021 U.S. Open.
“I was pretty drained on that Thursday still when I tee’d up at Harbour Town, and mainly because that week was unique in how demanding it was on the weekend with all the starts and stops and the tough weather,” Rahm said. “Every time I win it takes a little bit more out of you.”
Since the Masters, Rahm has made five starts, finishing in a tie for 16th or better in four of them, including a tie for 10th at the U.S. Open.
Rahm said the Travelers Championship falls on a tough part of the sched