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European veterans excited about tour's future and financial improvement

Lowry highlights benefits of European Tour name change

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HOUSTON – News of the European circuit’s transformation to the DP World Tour along with a much-needed cash infusion was eagerly embraced by those who play professionally on both sides of the Atlantic.

“I think it’s great for the European players. The prize money is going to increase which is a huge positive,” said Shane Lowry at this week’s Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open. “The European Tour, coming out of COVID there were a lot of events that weren’t up to the standard of where the tour was.