DUBAI — Golf’s European Tour must offer more prize money to deter players from defecting to the U.S. PGA circuit, Europe’s tour chief executive said on Tuesday.
Of the world’s top 10 players, only British duo Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose plus Sweden’s Henrik Stenson are members of the European Tour.
“We need to raise prize purses, increase playing opportunities and give our elite players an opportunity for a viable option to the PGA Tour -- that won't happen overnight,” Keith Pelley, chief executive of the European Tour, told a news conference in Dubai ahead of the season-ending $8 million DP World Tour Championship, which begins on Thursday.