“I hate them" - James Hahn slams PGA Tour's new schedule  

James Hahn has slammed the new schedule of the PGA Tour. The American tour has recently announced no-cut, limited-field events for the 2024 season, which are specially designed for the best players in the world.

This is pretty similar to the LIV Golf format. The PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed series are constantly making headlines for their rivalry. The tour even barred golfers from playing in their events.

However, the PGA Tour is also making changes to its schedule similar to the LIV Golf, gushing about opportunities for the future of golf.

The new schedule has received mixed reactions. Veteran James Hahn ripped apart the PGA Tour in his interview with Golf Week. He said:

"I hate them. I’m gonna say exactly what 99.99 percent of fans said about players leaving for the LIV Tour. If our players just said, ‘We’re doing this for the money,’ I would have a lot more respect for them. But how they’re covering up what they’re doing and trying to make it a thing about sponsors and fans and saving opposite-field events. I think that’s all BS."

He added:

"Right now, they’re just covering their arse and saying everything that the PGA Tour basically has trained them to say, have taught them to say and try to make it not about money when everyone knows 100 percent it’s about more guaranteed money being funnelled to the top players in the world.

"We’ve been talking about money for the last two years and for them not to say that that’s not the No. 1 reason why they’re making these changes, it’s very, very hypocritical.”

The tour introduced eight new designated events for the 2024 season for limited golfers. The new plan includes 16 designated events in total, including four Majors, Players Championship, and three FedEx Cup Playoffs along with eight more events.

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James Hahn gives PGA Tour advice

The 41-year-old James Hahn not only slammed the PGA Tour but also suggested a solution to their problem. He said:

"They have created these elevated events where it significantly impacts other full-field events sandwiched in between full-field events. The solution to their problem is to limit the number of players that get into elevated events to force the other players to play in the other full-field no elevated events."

He opened up about the money factor that was a major issue between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. James Hahn explained that officials are just funneling money as others are demanding, and this is not the way an organization is run.

He said:

"We never should have gone to $100 million to begin with, but that’s $50 million we just threw away on this experiment. And we knew that no one was really gonna go jump ship. You’re just funnelling money to this small group of people just because they were demanding it."

James Hahn continued:

"They were literally negotiating with the tour, and they were saying that this is what they want or else. They basically said, not word for word, ‘We want $120 million in the PIP or else,’ and we said, ‘Ok, what if what if we give you 100? Ok, we’ll settle for 100.’ That’s not how a business is run. That’s not how an organisation is run. That’s not how the PGA Tour should be run."