Roundtable: Wells Fargo Championship, PGA Tour exemptions, Policy Board | Golf Today | Golf Channel [Video]

0:01 | ALSO, STREAMING ON PEACOCK.

0:04 | LET’S CONTINUE THE CONFERENCE

0:07 | ROUNDTABLE.

0:08 | WELCOME IN JOHNSON WAGNER FROM

0:10 | QUAIL HOLLOW AND REX HOGGARD.

0:13 | GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS.

0:14 | I WANT TO START WITH YOU,

0:16 | YOU’RE AT QUAIL HOLLOW.

0:18 | YOU LIVE AT QUAIL HOLLOW.

0:20 | A MEMBER.

0:21 | HOW CRITICAL IS THIS WEEK AS A

0:22 | TOUR STOP FOR THE PGA TOUR AS A

0:27 | NEW SUITOR AND SPONSOR IS ON

0:30 | >> YEAH, I DON’T WANT TO TALK

0:31 | ABOUT THE NEW SPONSOR.

0:33 | I’M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WITH

0:34 | THE PGA TOUR ANNOUNCING THAT.

0:35 | WELLS FARGO HAD SUCH AN

0:37 | INCREDIBLE RUN GOING BACK TO THE

0:38 | WACHOVIA DAYS SINCE 2003.

0:41 | WE’RE HERE TO CELEBRATE WELLS

0:43 | FARGO’S FINAL YEAR.

0:44 | IT IS EXCITING WITH THE FIELD

0:46 | THAT WE HAVE HERE BEING NOW JUST

0:48 | 69 PLAYERS, BUT THE WEATHER IS

0:50 | HOLDING OUT TODAY.

0:51 | HOPEFULLY WE’LL GET LUCKY AND IT

0:52 | IS GOING TO BE THE BEST WELLS

0:54 | FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP WE HAD TO

0:55 | DATE.

0:56 | >> REX, SOMEBODY ELSE WHO LIVES

0:58 | AT WELLS FARGO — LIVE AT QUAIL

1:02 | HOLLOW WITH JOHNSON IS ON THE

1:04 | FIELD THIS WEEK, WEBB SIMPSON

1:06 | AND ADAM SCOTT.

1:07 | YOU CAN MAKE A CASE FOR ALL OF

1:08 | THESE SPONSOR DESERVING AND TWO

1:14 | MEMBERS OF THE PGA TOUR’S POLICY

1:16 | BOARD AND STARTS ARE CONSIDERED

1:18 | PRETTY PRECIOUS ON THE PGA TOUR

1:21 | DOES THE TOUR NEED TO BE MORE

1:23 | STRINGENT WHEN IT IS GIVING OUT

1:24 | SPONSOR EXEMPTIONS?

1:25 | ARE THE RULES GOVERNING THOSE

1:27 | SPONSOR EXEMPTIONS INTO THESE

1:29 | PARTICULARLY LUCRATIVE EVENTS?

1:33 | >> MY GUESS HE’S GOT A LOT OF

1:36 | THOUGHTS.

1:37 | I READ YOUR COLUMN THIS WEEK AND

1:38 | I AGREED 100% WITH THE POINTS

1:40 | IT IS NOT AS THOUGH LET’S MAKE

1:42 | THIS A BLIND TASTE TEST.

1:44 | TAKE WEBB SIMPSON’S NAME OUT OF

1:46 | GOOD GUY, ACCOMPLISHED PLAYER, A

1:49 | WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THESE

1:51 | ARE PLAYING OUT THIS YEAR WITH

1:53 | GREATER PORTION OF PLAYER

1:54 | DIRECTORS GETTING EXEMPTIONS

1:56 | INTO BIG EVENTS, I THINK IT IS

1:57 | GOING TO BECOME A PROBLEM.

1:59 | YOU HAVE THE RANK AND FILE CLASS

2:01 | WHO DON’T LIKE SITTING BACK AND

2:02 | NOT HAVING ACCESS TO THESE

2:04 | EVENTS WHICH GIVE OUT SO MANY

2:05 | POINTS AND SO MUCH MONEY AND SO

2:06 | IMPORTANT TO HOW WELL YOU PLAY

2:08 | THAT SEASON, AND NOT HAVING A

2:11 | ACCESS TO IT OTHER THAN THE AON

2:15 | FIVE OR TEN.

2:16 | THERE IS ALWAYS BEEN

2:17 | RESTRICTIONS ON THESE

2:18 | IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU CAN TAKE

2:20 | BUT IF YOU WEREN’T A MEMBER, YOU

2:22 | COULD ONLY TAKE SEVEN.

2:23 | WHY COULDN’T WE LIMIT THESE INTO

2:26 | THESE — THESE EXEMPTIONS INTO

2:28 | THESE SIGNATURE EVENTS.

2:29 | LIMITED TO TWO.

2:30 | THAT’S 25% OF EIGHT SIGNATURE

2:32 | EVENTS, MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR

2:33 | PLAYER TO MAKE THEIR HAY.

2:35 | >> WHAT DO YOU THINK, JOHNSON?

2:37 | TOO MUCH OF A CLOSED SHOP, WHEN

2:38 | YOU HAVE SO MANY HAVES VERSUS

2:41 | HAVE-NOTS ON THE PGA TOUR?

2:44 | >> WELL, I’VE BEEN A — I’VE

2:46 | BEEN SAYING IT HAS BEEN TOO

2:48 | CLOSED OF A SHOP FOR A LONG

2:49 | TIME.

2:50 | TO TALK WITH WEBB AND ADAM

2:53 | SPECIFICALLY, TWO PLAYERS

2:54 | CHAMPIONS, BOTH MAJOR CHAMPIONS,

2:55 | WEBB IS A MEMBER HERE AND LIVES

2:56 | ON THE PROPERTY.

2:57 | SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE

2:58 | GUYS GETTING SPOTS INTO THIS

3:00 | WEEK SPECIFICALLY, ADAM SCOTT

3:02 | SUPPORTED THIS TOURNAMENT OVER

3:03 | THE YEARS, THEY BOTH GOT SPOTS

3:04 | AT PEBBLE BEACH, THEY’RE BOTH

3:07 | INCREDIBLE IN PRO AMS, THIS EFF

3:08 | BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE TOUR IN

3:10 | TOURNAMENTS FOR A LONG TIME AND,

3:11 | YES, THEY’RE ON THE POLICY

3:14 | DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT HAS

3:16 | BEEN ASKED OF THE BOARD MEMBERS

3:18 | OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF SEASONS?

3:19 | I UNDERSTAND ALL THE ARGUMENTS

3:21 | MADE AGAINST THEM GETTING SPOTS,

3:23 | BUT LET’S NOT FORGET THE MOST

3:25 | IMPORTANT THING IS THEIR SPONSOR

3:27 | PUTTING ON THE TOURNAMENTS HAVE

3:28 | THE RIGHT TO GIVE THEM TO ANY

3:30 | MEMBER OF THE PGA TOUR THAT THEY

3:32 | WANT, THEY JUST SO HAPPEN TO BE

3:33 | GIVING THEM TO TWO OF THE

3:35 | GREATEST GUYS THAT THE PGA TOUR

3:36 | HAS EVER SEEN, TIME AND TIME

3:38 | AND THAT’S BECAUSE OF THE

3:39 | CHARACTER AND THE VALUES THAT

3:41 | THESE — BOTH THOSE PLAYERSON,

3:48 | NICE GUY IS NOT A GOOD ENOUGH

3:50 | REASON WHEN THERE ARE MANY

3:51 | DESERVING GUYS WHO SUPPORT GOLF

3:53 | TOURNAMENTS ALL THE TIME.

3:54 | A LOT HAVE BEEN ASKED OF POLICY

3:56 | BOARD GUYS, BUT THE OPTICS ARE

3:57 | LOUSY WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY

3:59 | BOARD MEMBERS TAKING THE —

4:01 | MAXING IT OUT AT FOUR.

4:02 | THAT’S HALF THE STARTS WEBB HAS

4:04 | MADE THIS YEAR.

4:05 | I GET WHY WEBB SIMPSON IS

4:07 | CONSIDERED A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR

4:08 | THAT AND WHY HE’S THERE.

4:09 | I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WEBB

4:11 | SIMPSON OR ADAM SCOTT BEING

4:12 | THE ISSUE IS THE FACT THAT

4:14 | POLICY BOARD GUYS ARE SEEMING TO

4:16 | BE GAMING THE SYSTEM IN THEIR

4:17 | BENEFIT, EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT,

4:19 | THAT’S THE PERCEPTION THAT IS

4:20 | TAKING ROOT OUT THERE.

4:22 | >> YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT

4:24 | PERCEPTION, BUT IT IS UP TO THE

4:26 | TOURNAMENTS AS INDIVIDUALS.

4:27 | I DON’T THINK THERE IS AT ANY

4:29 | POINT THE TOUR IS STRONG ARMING

4:30 | ANY OF THESE TOURNAMENTS TO GET

4:32 | POLICY BOARD MEMBERS IN.

4:33 | THERE IS A REASON THESE GUYS

4:35 | WERE VOTED TO BE ON THAT BOARD,

4:37 | IT IS BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT

4:38 | THE PGA TOUR.

4:41 | THEY HAVE GOT QUALITIESY SIES T

4:43 | OTHER PLAYERS LIKE IN THEM.

4:46 | THOSE ARE THE SAME REASONS THAT

4:47 | SPONSORS — ADAM SCOTT HAS BEEN

4:49 | PLAYING THE PGA TOUR FOR 20 PLUS

4:51 | YEARS THERE ARE REASONS WHY THE

4:52 | SPONSORS HERE AT WELLS FARGO

4:53 | CHAMPIONSHIP WANT HIM IN THE

4:54 | FIELD AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO

4:55 | WITH THE FACT THAT HE’S A POLICY

4:57 | I GET YOU WITH THE OPTICS, BUT

4:59 | THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY

5:01 | >> I’M CURIOUS YOUR THOUGHTS.

5:02 | I WENT TO THE MEXICO OPEN

5:04 | EARLIER THIS YEAR AND SPOKE TO

5:06 | SOME PLAYERS AND CADDIES AWAY

5:08 | FROM THE CAMERAS, QUIETLY WITH

5:10 | NO NOTE PAD.

5:11 | THERE WAS SOME DISCONTENT, MAYBE

5:12 | AS MUCH DISCONTENT THAT I EVER

5:14 | HEARD FROM THE RANK AND FILE IN

5:15 | MY 20 YEARS OF COVERING THIS

5:18 | ARE YOU SENSING THE SAME THING

5:20 | IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE

5:21 | SPLIT BETWEEN THE PLAYERS

5:24 | COMPETING AND THE SIGNATURE

5:25 | EVENTS AND THOSE WHO AREN’T?

5:27 | >> YEAH, I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER

5:29 | SEEN A DIVIDE THIS WIDE.

5:31 | THERE HAS BEEN TWO CLASSES ON

5:32 | THE PGA TOUR, THE STARS AND THEN

5:34 | THE RANK AND FILE.

5:35 | I THINK THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN

5:36 | ABLE TO MIX AND MATCH PRETTY

5:38 | WELL THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF

5:39 | THE PGA TOUR.

5:40 | THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS YOU HAVE

5:41 | CREATED A CLASS SYSTEM WITH THE

5:43 | SIGNATURE EVENTS.

5:44 | DESIGNATED EVENTS LAST YEAR,

5:45 | WHERE YOU’RE SUDDENLY STRUGGLING

5:47 | TO GET INTO STARTS.

5:48 | FEW WEEKS ABOUT PLAYERS WHO

5:50 | HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO — THEY

5:51 | HAVE A TOUR CARD, BUT HAVE A

5:53 | HANDFUL OF STARTS.

5:57 | LAST WEEK TO YOUR POINT, I SPOKE

5:58 | WITH A LOT OF PLAYERS ABOUT THE

5:59 | PLAYER EQUITY PROGRAM, EVERYONE

6:01 | GOT LETTERS LAST WEEK, 192

6:03 | PLAYERS WHO RECEIVED EQUITY IN

6:05 | PGA TOUR ENTERPRISES GOT

6:09 | LETTERS.

6:10 | I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU CAN CIRCLE

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