Roland Praises Younger Generation’s Groundbreaking Golf Ideas

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Patrick Rodgers attended Stanford University and is a deep thinker — “he’s got his head screwed on straight,” one player said of him — but even he has been miffed by the flurry of changes to the PGA Tour as it wages a civil war with LIV Golf. “I found myself riding the waves of emotion when we initially changed a bunch,” Rodgers said.

“It's happened really fast and it's been a ton of different stuff and so I found that it works best for me to tune it all out. ” But Rodgers is encouraged by the direction that PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp laid out last week at his State of the Tour press conference . Rodgers said Rolapp shared his six themes in a player meeting he attended in Los Angeles during the Genesis Invitational last month.

“The transparency has been really good,” Rodgers said. “I think since he's come in [in July] he's done a really nice job. I like the vision that he’s presented.

My concern the whole time has been making sure we're maximizing the playing opportunities and making it as much of a meritocracy as possible. I want all the people playing the best golf to be in the biggest tournaments and I don't know if the schedule the last couple years has reflected that as much. I feel like we've cut out some playing opportunities for some good players.