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Jack Nicklaus concerned how big purses, new elevated events could affect PGA Tour

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jack Nicklaus is as curious as anyone how the new PGA Tour schedule will work with $20 million purses at 10 elevated tournaments, and The Players Championship at $25 million. And that doesn't include what the majors will do.

The Memorial is one of the elevated tournaments, no surprise because the tournament Nicklaus built has long been one of the premier events this side of a major with an ideal spot on the schedule between the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open.

His biggest concern is it will create what amounts to two tours, and he said PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan "has a little work to do to figure out how to make it work.