Lucas Glover steadfast in criticism of PGA Tour signature event model | Golf Today | Golf Channel

The outspoken Lucas Glover reiterates his criticism of the PGA Tour’s signature event model, questioning why it took so long to adopt pace of play measures and admitting he’s unsure how to fix the playoff format. #GolfChannel #GolfToday #PGATour
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BIRD IN THE ONE HOLE ALL CLEMSON TIGER PLAYOFF. HE WAS THE FIRST PLAYER HISTORY IN THE CHARLOTTE EVENT TO SHOOT FOUR ROUNDS IN THE 60s. AND TIME NOW FOR THE PAST CHAMP AS WE WELCOME IN LIEU CAST GLOVER ON THIS WEDNESDAY EDITION OF GOLF TODAY. LUCAS, THERE IS A HARD TO GET DINNER RESERVATION LAST NIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA. THE U.S. RYDER CUP THEME HOSTED BY KEEGAN BRADLEY. YOU WERE IN ATTENDANCE. HOW WAS THE DINNER? >> IT WAS GREAT. THE FOOD WAS AMAZING. I’M HAPPY TO BE THERE OBVIOUSLY. YEAH, IT WAS GOOD. >> HOW MUCH IS THAT RYDER CUP ON YOUR MIND AT THIS POINTER LILY IN THE SEASON? THERE IS A LOT OF BONDING GOING ON. BUT DOES THAT COME OUT OF THEIR COMPARTMENT FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR MIND AT ALL, LUCAS? >> YEAH. I THINK WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON I HAD AND THE WAY I PLAYED, I WAS GETTING SOME CHATTER ABOUT IT. I HAD SOME TIME OFF IN TWO, FOUR WEEKS. I HAVE IT. AND BEING THERE LAST NIGHT KIND OF GOT THE JUICES GOING AGAIN A LITTLE BIT. I’VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON MY GAME, AND THAT’S A GOAL. THAT IS ALWAYS ON THE MIND A LITTLE BIT. >> LUCAS, I WAS IN BETHPAGE WHEN YOU WON, I WAS IN SCALE THEN WHEN YOU WON. THREE TOP TENS AND A COUPLE OF TOP FINISHES. IN HOW YOU WOULD LEARN TO PLAY THIS GAME AS A YOUNGSTER, WHY ARE YOU STILL SO GREAT IN CONSISTENT AT THE AGE OF 45, ABLE TO COMPETE AGAINST THE LIKES OF RORY AND SCOTTIE? >> WELL, COMPETING AGAINST THEM DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WOULD LOOK AT IT. I’M NOT TRYING TO BE SOMEBODY I’M NOT. ALWAYS BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE WAY I HIT IT, WHERE I FELL LIKE I GOT A HOT OF THAT BEHIND ME, SO IT HAS BEEN FUN AGAIN TO ACTUALLY GO TO THE GOLF COURSE NOT AFRAID TO PLAY OR AFRAID TO PUTT. NOT AFRAID TO MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF. I DO THAT ON MY OWN. BUT NO, IT’S BEEN A NICE RESURRECTION THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FOR MY CAREER, I WOULD SAY. >> YOU HAVE A SIGNATURE EVENT HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN PHILADELPHIA. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE SCHEDULING OF SIGNATURES? WE HAD ONE THE WEEK AFTER THE MASTERS, THE ONE BEFORE THE WEEK OF THE PGA AND ANOTHER ONE RIGHT AFTER THE U.S. OPEN. DOES THAT KIND OF CADENCE BOTHER YOU AT ALL IN TERMS OF HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PREPARE FOR THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS? >> UM, NOT REALLY BOTHER ME ABOUT PREPARING FOR THE MAJORS, BUT IT BOTHERS ME HOW THEY WOULD AFFECT A LOT OF THE OTHER TOURNAMENTS. IT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD. I’M NOT SAYING THAT IT HAS OR WILL, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD AFFECT A LOT OF THE OTHER TOURNAMENTS THAT AREN’T MAJORS BECAUSE OF THE TOP PLAYERS THAT PLAY IN JUST THE SIGNATURES OR JUST THE MAJORS, AND HOW THEY PICK IN THE FEW. THE OTHER TOURNAMENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE AFFECTED. IF THAT COMES TO FRUITION, THAT’LL BOTHER ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE MARKETS WE WOULD GO TO DESERVE AND NEED US, AND THEY WANT US THERE AND THEY WANT THE BEST PLAYERS THERE. >> WELL, HE HAS JOINED THE COURSE OF PLAYERS WHEN SAID THEY DON’T REALLY LOVE THE SIGNATURE EVENTS IN TERMS OF THE SMALL NUMBER OF PLAYERS IN THE FIELD. HE LIKES NORTH OF 100. YOU’VE VOICED THE SIMILAR SENTIMENT AS WELL. ARE YOU GUYS OUTLIERS OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE COMPANY, AND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PLAYERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE LESS SIGNATURE EVENTS AND DEEPER FIELDS ON THE PGA TOUR? >> YEAH. I’VE BEEN ON RECORD SAYING I WAS NOT A FAN OF THESE WHEN THEY HATCHED THEM. THEY HATCHED THE IDEA OF THEM. I DIDN’T LIKE THEM THEN, AND I HAVEN’T BEEN IN MOST OF THEM SINCE THEY STARTED. I STILL DON’T LIKE THEM. I’VE BEEN ON THE RECORD OF SAYING I DON’T LIKE CUTTING TO 100 CARDS, AND I STILL DON’T. I THINK IT IS GETTING TOO EXCLUSIVE, AND WE’RE NOT GIVING THEM ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY. I’VE BEEN PRETTY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THAT. I THINK THE MAJORITY WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE THE MAJORITY MATTERS. IT IS WHAT IT IS. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THIS RANGE FINDER EXPERIMENT GOING ON TOUR, WHICH COST NE GUY AN ACCIDENTAL PENALTY THAT HE CALLED ON HIMSELF LAST WEEK, DAVIS RILEY. WOULDN’T IT BE EASIER FOR THEM TO JUST TARGET THE SLOWEST? YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE, YOU’RE OUT THERE EVERY WEEK, THEY CAUSED ISSUES ALL THE TIME. >> YEAH, I’VE BEEN SAYING THAT SINCE THEY HATCHED THE PLAN OF LOWERING THE FIELD SIZES AND ALL THE THINGS BECAUSE OF PACE OF PLAY. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS, BUT THE PLAYER, OR THE PLAYERS. THEY ARE JUST SLOWER. AND I’M SLOWER BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE. BUT OVERALL, IT IS JUST A SLOWER MODEL, THE SLOWER GAME, IT’S A SLOWER GENERATION. I MEAN, YOU WATCH COLLEGE GOLF ON TELEVISION OR YOU GO TO AN EVENT AND YOU SEE WHY. IT’S PAINFUL. AND NOW WITH AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY ARE THROWING AT US, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER. BUT HOPEFULLY THEY WILL FIGURE THIS THING OUT. BUT IN MY OPINION, IT’S A YEAR AND A HALF TOO LATE. WHY DIDN’T WE START DOING THESE THINGS SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN WE KNEW THIS WOULD BE A PROBLEM INSTEAD OF JUST CUTTING FIELDS OR CUTTING CARDS. BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF US DON’T AGREE WITH IT, BUT WE’RE DEALING WITH IT. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT SEEM TO BE IN FLUX RIGHT NOW IN THE PROFESSIONAL GAME. I NEVER FELT THAT GOLF LIFTED THEMSELVES TO THE PLAYOFFS WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL OR COLLEGE FOOTBALL. THE NBA. YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, HOW THE DRUM IS SOMEWHAT CONTRIVED. DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THE FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS, IN A WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SEASON CONCLUDE THAT DOES HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM, MORE BUILT-IN NATURALLY COME TO DRAMA? >> NO. I DON’T. I’M A LITTLE UPSET AT MYSELF THAT I VOICED MY FRUSTRATIONS WITH THAT WITHOUT A SOLUTION BECAUSE I ALWAYS FELT IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLAINED, YOU NEED TO OFFER THE SOLUTION. I DON’T NECESSARILY HAVE ONE, SOMETHING THAT HAS COME TO MIND IS MAYBE A REWARD, THE REGULAR SEASON, WITH HALF THE BONUS, AND THE PLAYOFF FOR THE REST OF IT OR SOMETHING. I DON’T HAVE AN ANSWER. BUT WHAT WE WERE DOING WASN’T WORKING, OBVIOUSLY. THE YEAR THAT THEY WOULD HAVE LAST YEAR TO BE A STARTING ONLY TWO SHOTS AHEAD IS RIDICULOUS. THE FACT THAT ANY FORMAT WHERE HE WASN’T THE FEDEX CUP CHAMPION LAST YEAR BEFORE THEY STARTED WAS JUST TO ME, CRAZY. I MEAN, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE TROPHY, WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT STARTED. BUT I DON’T KNOW. A GUN TO MY HEAD. I DON’T SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH HAVING A GOLF TOURNAMENT TO PLAY FOUR ROUNDS. YOU KNOW, I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T HAVE AN ANSWER. I DON’T THINK THAT THERE IS ONE. THEY ARE NOT SUITED FOR GOLF, WHERE IT HAS BEEN PROVEN, AND THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE THE FORMAT SO MANY TIMES. >> THAT IS ANOTHER OF THE ISSUES, THE HOUSEKEEPING ISSUES THAT I GUESS WITHIN THE PGA TOUR. THEY DO SEEM TO HAVE SOME KIND OF MOMENTUM IN TERMS OF SPONSORS SIGNING UP IF MANY TERMS OF THE TV RATINGS. IS IT IN NEED OF THE DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND OF SAUDI ARABIA NOW OR DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS JUST KIND OF RIDE THE MOMENTUM THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO GO THEIR OWN WAY? >> YEAH, I DON’T KNOW. I’M NOT A BUSINESSMAN. I DON’T KNOW. THAT IS ABOUT MY EXPERTISE TO BE FAIR. FROM THE PEOPLE I HAVE TALKED TO THAT DO UNDERSTAND BUSINESS AND THE PEOPLE I TALK TO THAT DO UNDERSTAND MONEY. THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. I DON’T KNOW HOW WE GO FORWARD WITHOUT THE OTHER INJECTION OF MONEY. BUT YEAH, I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T HAVE ANY ANSWERS. I DON’T PRETEND TO. I COULD VOICE MY FRUSTRATIONS WITH HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE, AND I WISH FOR DIFFERENT OR WISH FOR BETTER OR WISH FOR MORE FAIR FOR TOUR PLAYERS. THAT’S WHAT I HAVE DONE AND WHAT I HAVE VOICED. BUT I DON’T KNOW THE BUSINESS SIDE OF IT TO KNOW, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THESE PURSES, THAT WE’RE PLAYING FOR, THEY ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE. >> LUCAS, I WANT TO END WHERE WE STARTED WHERE YOU WON THERE IN 2009 DURING THE RAINY WEEK. THERE WERE FROGS RUNNING UP THE CLUBHOUSE WALL. ANY ECHOS, FAMILIARITIES, THINGS FROM LONG AGO, THAT YOU’RE RECOGNIZING THIS WEEK ON THIS GOLF COURSE? >> GOSH, IT’S BEEN SO LONG AGO. I HAVEN’T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT. NOW YOU SAID THAT, THERE’S A LOT OF SIMILAR BUNKERRINGS. JUST THE WAY SOME OF THE HOLES LOOK THAT YOU HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE MIX OF PAR THREES AND THE ELEVATION CHANGE AND SOME TEE SHOTS, SO YEAH, THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES WHERE THEY’RE SIGNIFICANTLY BIGGER OVERALL. I THINK THEY TOUCHED UP A LITTLE BIT, WHERE THEY ARE MORE QUADRANT STYLE, AS TO WHERE THESE ARE MORE, THEY APPEAR TO BE THEIR OLD DREAM COMPLEXES, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, ONE WEEK WHETHER IT WILL BE A TIER OR OUR THIRD HOLE, WHERE THEY HAVE THAT HERSHEY KISS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN. THEY’RE NOT OVERLY BIGGER,