June
20PGA Tour creates sponsor exemption for Tiger Woods, cites ‘exceptional lifetime achievement’
The PGA Tour has created a special sponsor exemption for 15-time major champion Tiger Woods — and Woods alone — based on his “exceptional lifetime achievement,” the tour told its members in a memo Tuesday night. The sponsor exemption would be available for Woods to compete in the eight signature events, which feature limited fields, increased prize money and FedEx Cup points. Woods, an 82-time winner on the PGA Tour, wouldn’t otherwise qualify for the signature events with $20 million purses because he isn’t playing enough competitive golf after returning to the tour from serious injuries suffered in a car wreck in […]
