Ben Griffin plays his shot from the seventh tee during the third round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship golf tournament at TPC Southwind. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images
“Yeah, there’s a lot of different thoughts about these changes. As a player, you know, I
don’t necessarily have the authority without being on the PAC or the board to vote on
these decisions. For me, my goal is just to play as well as possible. I think as a result of
some of these changes, what we’re going to see next year is going to be extremely
competitive.
“I don’t mind playing a lot of golf, but I think more guys are going to maybe play more
tournaments because it will be more important to finish in the top 120, which was what,
was it the top 125 last season?
“I don’t think there’s ever been a time on Tour where there’s more to play for, still a lot of
things on the line and I’m just excited to challenge myself.
“I think I learned going back two years ago when I didn’t play the RBC Canadian Open,
but I remember that was right when they announced the LIV-PGA Tour merger and
there was cameras. I was watching on Golf Channel because I was like, wow, I can’t
believe this is happening. Everybody was rushing in to go to the player meetings, they
turned to the range and it was Tommy Fleetwood hitting balls. I was like, wow, it’s pretty
interesting that he wouldn’t want to go in.
“I think Steve Sands or someone ended up going up and interviewing him and he was
like, yeah it’s just another week, I’m going to play, these changes, I’m not too worried
about it, it is what it is and I’m just going to focus on winning this week.
“So I’ve tried to use that mindset that he’s had over the last year and a half to not get
myself too involved with a lot of policies and focus more on my career and what’s at
stake because ultimately that’s all that matters to me. The policies are going to be what
they are and my goal is just to try to win and play as good as I can.”
