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#OUTRAGE — The PGA Tour has eliminated the Champions Tour pension fund which began in 1985. The fund was cut from $10M to $8M in 2025 and has now been cut to $0. Outrage has erupted among some members, including 3 time winner Billy Andrade: “..These are the players who helped make the Tour what it is today and helped create the jobs that executives and current players enjoy...It's actually criminal.”
David Tom’s also sounded off on the move: “They’re playing for $20 million almost every week (on the PGA Tour) & they can’t afford $10 million for our pension? It’s a bad look, in my opinion, and I think most of the guys out here feel that way…”
11 time winner Scott McCarron wasn’t impressed: “It’s absolutely terrible what they did to us Champions Tour players… just take it away and not have a way to get it back, I think is terrible. I’m really upset with the leadership of the PGA Tour…”
Paul Goydos was more understanding of the move: “The PGA Tour is a business. The powers that be are trying to run it like a business.…The books are what they are. You can’t run deficit spending. Is it disappointing? Yes. It’s not good, but it’s understandable.”
Was this the right move?
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