Yahoo! Sports · Nov 17, 2015
European Tour changes rules to help its US PGA players (The Associated Press)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The European Tour is reducing the number of tournaments needed for players to maintain their membership from 13, a move designed to help those playing a full season on the U.S. PGA Tour.
European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley says the move follows ''significant dialogue with all of our players'' and that the five tournaments will exclude the four majors and the four World Golf Championships.
Pelley said the move ''is to help some of the players that have been entrenched in the U.S.'' and added that ''we are in the midst of structuring our overall Tour in a more ... players-first philosophy.''