Oahu Musings: The debate over full fields and signature events. Cink can speak from experience
Stewart Cink has been around long enough to see plenty of change on the PGA Tour
By DOUG FERGUSON
Published - Jan 13, 2024, 03:40 PM ET
Last Updated - Jan 13, 2024, 03:40 PM EST
HONOLULU (AP) — Stewart Cink knows about change as well as anyone, a combination of good play and his birth certificate. At age 50, the former British Open champion is the only player at the Sony Open who will stay in Hawaii next week for the PGA Tour Champions opener.
Cink played at Firestone when it held the World Series of Golf. He missed it when it became a World Golf Championship for only Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup players. And then he won it in 2004 when it was for the top 50 in the world.
So what to make of this new PGA Tour model of signature events and $20 million purses with small fields and most of them not having cuts?
“If I was in the top 50 I would really like it. But I'm not, so I don't like it," Cink said.
