PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan feels Tiger Woods would need some convincing on any idea to offer a Players Championship exemption to a former winner of the event who’s not otherwise eligible.
There is a danger that could soon apply to Woods. The two-time Players Champion is not in the field for this week’s event despite having the option of competing thanks to his 2019 Masters win.
That handed him a five-year exemption, but after this year it will no longer apply, meaning he would need to find another way to qualify, with options including winning a PGA Tour event, picking up a 16th Major title, or finishing in the top 125 of the previous season’s FedEx Cup points list.
Despite the possibility of the 48-year-old benefitting from a new category, though, that’s not something Monahan thinks Woods, who is a Player Director on the PGA Tour’s Policy Board, would be quick to agree to. He said: “I think you all know Tiger well enough to know that he wants to earn his way into all of – into every competition. That’s his makeup.”
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