The Gamers Championship is about to start and the occasion is usually thought of golf’s fifth main.
Rory McIlroy is a two-time Gamers Championship winner (Picture: Ben Jared/PGA TOUR by way of Getty)
The Gamers Championship is often described as golf’s ‘fifth main’, however PGA Tour professionals stay divided on whether or not the esteemed match warrants a spot alongside the game’s Grand Slam occasions. Rory McIlroy is about to start the defence of his title at TPC Sawgrass.
The defending champion, who has been coping with a again subject, options in a formidable subject in Florida, with the Gamers constantly drawing golf’s elite opponents. The 36-year-old secured the trophy final 12 months following victory over JJ Spaun in an exhilarating play-off, after ending degree on 12-under-par. The match’s status is mirrored by a staggering £3.34million prize for the victor. The PGA has intensified the dialogue by using the slogan “March goes to be main” within the build-up. Nevertheless, McIlroy has acknowledged that he doesn’t suppose the occasion ought to be promoted to a fifth main alongside the Masters, US Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship.
“I believe The Gamers is among the greatest golf tournaments on the earth,” McIlroy mentioned final month. “I do not suppose anybody disputes that or argues that.
“I believe from a participant perspective it is wonderful. I believe from an on-site fan expertise it is wonderful. It is an incredible golf course, location, venue. However I am a traditionalist, I am a historian of the sport and we now have 4 main championships.”
“It is not a serious for me. [But] saying it isn’t a serious does not, like, demean it in any means, and it does not make it any much less huge than what it’s,” Fleetwood instructed Golf Digest. “It is at all times been the Gamers Championship, and I believe we have known as it the fifth main perpetually.
“I believe 4 majors sits completely and the Gamers has its personal id and its personal… place on a pedestal within the sport, and I believe that is simply what it’s. I do not suppose anyone will ever converse any much less about it as a result of it isn’t a serious.”
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