Tiger Woods is getting some special treatment from the PGA Tour as a result of everything he has accomplished throughout his career, but not everyone is happy about it.
On Wednesday, the PGA Tour sent a memo to its members announcing that Tiger Woods had been granted a special exemption to participate in eight signature events, which feature limited fields, increased prize money, and FedEx Cup points.
“An additional sponsor exemption will be created to recognize Tiger Woods in his own category as a player who has reached an exceptional lifetime achievement threshold of 80+ career wins,” the memo states, according to ESPN.
Woods would not normally qualify for these events as he has not participated in nearly enough competitive events as a result of the injuries he sustained during a severe car crash in 2021.
In the past three years, he has competed in just nine official PGA Tour events, and the only one that wasn’t a Major Championship was the Genisis Invitational, which he hosts. But now, Woods will be allowed to participate in exclusive events without having to qualify normally.
Clearly, Woods is being given some special treatment that is not available to other players, and not everyone is happy about it.
Unpopular opinion: I disagree. Yeah he’s won a ton of events and a lot of majors, but he’s been missed cut after missed cut as of late https://t.co/dK36UtieU7
— Noah Porter (@noahcporter) June 19, 2024
And people wonder why they are leaving the PGA tour https://t.co/LfSrWGg6OJ
— XM¹onopolyK²ing 🇨🇱 (@XMonopoly007) June 19, 2024
Gross! https://t.co/O9qhdODGcc
— Gainz (@SeverelyCooked) June 19, 2024
Good lord please no
— utah outlaws (@AggieFanGUS) June 19, 2024
Pathetic
— Skye Luque 🇺🇸 (@LuqueMeatSauce) June 19, 2024
And this is why the PGA Tour struggles and continues to struggle. They are clinging to the past instead of evolving and innovating the game.
— Kenneth Ngo (@kneengo) June 19, 2024
Don’t get me wrong I love tiger. But if the man is incapable of getting a top 10 in an entire season what are we even talking about.
— Richard Dugan-Starr (@DuganStarr) June 19, 2024
Why?
Because that’s the only way he’s going to qualify w/o some type of exemption.
We’re still unlikely to see much of any #SunDayRed.
More likely FRI DAY RED.— FS (@21FrankS) June 19, 2024
Clearly, the PGA Tour seems to think that Woods deserves this based on his career accomplishments. But not everyone agrees.
[ESPN]
