10 JUNE, 2022 - SHANK MEDIA, BY MATT HOOPER: ANOTHER STARTLING TWIST IN THE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR WHICH IS 2022 IN WORLD GOLF CAME THIS EVENING WHEN JAMES CORRIGAN OF THE TELEGRAPH REPORTED THAT FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE AND 2-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION, Dustin Johnson HAS APPLIED FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE DP WORLD TOUR.
HOURS AFTER TELLING THE MEDIA HE PLANNED ON PLAYING JUST THE LIV Golf INVITATIONAL SERIES AND THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, IT NOW SEEMS JOHNSON WILL TRY TO ADD TOURNAMENTS TO THAT SLIMLINE SCHEDULE FROM THE DP WORLD TOUR. IF JOHNSON IS GRANTED ACCESS TO DP WORLD TOUR EVENTS IT COULD BE ANOTHER ENORMOUS, PERHAPS THE BIGGEST, RUPTURE IN MODERN PROFESSIONAL GOLF.
IN 2021 THE PGA Tour AND EUROPEAN TOUR FORMED A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE, AND THIS YEAR THEY WILL CO-SANCTION THREE TOURNAMENTS, INCLUDING THE GENESIS SCOTTISH OPEN, WHICH HAS ATTRACTED A STELLAR FIELD OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. SO FAR KEITH PELLEY HAS REMAINED SILENT ON LIV Golf AND ANY POSSIBLE PUNISHMENTS FOR THE NUMEROUS EUROPEAN TOUR MEMBERS WHO ARE PLAYING THIS WEEK.
SPECULATION IS GROWING THAT LIV Golf COULD POSSIBLY BE A FUTURE PARTNER OF THE EUROPEAN TOUR, WHICH WOULD MAKE SENSE, GIVEN THE INNOVATION SHOWN BY LIV Golf AND THEIR VISION TO PLAY A GLOBAL SCHEDULE.
IF DJ IS GRANTED MEMBERSHIP THEN SURELY Bryson DeChambeau, A WINNER ON THE EUROPEAN TOUR, AND Phil Mickelson, A PAST SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPION, WILL FOLLOW. Patrick Reed IS ALREADY A MEMBER OF THE DP WORLD TOUR, AND HE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO JOIN LIV Golf.
I WILL LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL LEGACY OF THIS HISTORIC WEEK IN A SPECIAL FEATURE ON SUNDAY, AND ASK THE QUESTION - HAS THE PGA Tour MADE A STRATEGIC ERROR?
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