An uncomfortable coexistence? BMW PGA offers glimpse into still murky future

VIRGINIA WATER, England – As Graeme McDowell made his way down the 54th hole at Sunday’s BMW PGA Championship (insert LIV punchline here), he considered the moment.

“I nearly got someone to bring me a pint of Guinness so I could drink it going down the last in case that was my last walk as a European tour player,” he smiled following a 69 at Wentworth. “I hope it’s not.”

The convergence at last week’s BMW PGA of old and new, good and evil – a decidedly sliding scale depending on one’s outlook – proved to be a sort of seminal moment in the growing divide between the game’s established tours and LIV Golf. The final tab will show 14 of the 18 LIV players in the field made the cut at the DP World…