Earlier this year I wrote about the new Strategic Alliance between the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour, and part of the package was the top 10 players in the Race to Dubai standings who aren't already PGA Tour members would be awarded full PGA Tour status for 2024 to run concurrently with their status in Europe.
While the 10 who I will list here, are celebrating, there are those, especially involved one way or another with the DP World Tour that argue this is just further draining their talent pool, weakening fields, making them less attractive to sponsors.
Others like Rory McIlroy disagree saying in part the mandate of the DP World Tour is to provide a platform for players to develop and compete to the best of their ability to make a living playing professional golf, and their is no more lucrative place to do that than on the PGA Tour.
The following 10 had no full PGA Tour status despite playing some PGA Tour events, until Sunday night after the DP World Tour Championship concluded.
1, Adrian Monk, Poland, age 36 owgr 46...won 3 times on DP World Tour
2. Ryan Fox, New Zealand, age 36 owgr 28 . won the BMW PGA Championship
3. Victor Perez, France age 31, owgr 74...won the Rolex Series Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
4. Thorbjorn Olsen, Denmark age 33 owgr 74 ,won Thailand Open with 5 top 20's in first 7 events
5. Alexander Bjork, Sweden age 33, owgr 75..2 runner ups, 8 top 10's
6. Sami Valimaki, Finland, age 25 owgr 105 won Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
7. Robert MacIntyre, Scotland age 27 owgr 57.. runner up Genesis Scottish Open , undefeated at Ryder Cup
8. Matteau Pavon, France age 31 owgr 107..won the Spanish Open
9. Jorge Campillo, Spain age 37 owgr 18 won the Magical Kenya Open
10. Ryo Hisatsune, Japan, age 21 owgr 83..won French Open
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Bryan Angus (edit)
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