Post by Annihilation Nation on Jan 22, 2019 7:34:53 GMT
If we eliminate the Euro Event next year than we will be down to 33 events on the schedule because I don't really think it's realistic to rely on the Sentry Tournament of Champions on the first week of January. If we start at the Sony every year we would have 5 tier 1's, 9 tier 2's and 19 tier 3's. We used to have a 5/10/20 ratio which I really liked. If we stay at 33 events as the norm I would have no problem staying at the 5/9/19 ratio. We would have some flexibility to look at flipping one more tourney to tier 2 but that is up to everyone else.
I think this weeks Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines should be considered for a tier 2 status. The field seems to be pretty good this week and this is the event that Tiger Woods usually plays(ed) even with his limited schedule. We have so much of our season back loaded with many points available in the second half of the season. I am not saying that we should definitely upgrade this tourney but if we did we could have this event and the Phoenix Open back to back as potential tier 2's towards the beginning of the year. As it is now 5 of our first 6 events are tier 3's so adding this one to the mix would put a few more points up for grabs a little earlier. When I look down the schedule I don't see any other events that scream tier 2 that would definitely move the needle more than this one. Basically we would move the Tier 2 away from Abu Dhabi and smush that tourney like a grape, and give it to Torrey a week later.
I think this weeks Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines should be considered for a tier 2 status. The field seems to be pretty good this week and this is the event that Tiger Woods usually plays(ed) even with his limited schedule. We have so much of our season back loaded with many points available in the second half of the season. I am not saying that we should definitely upgrade this tourney but if we did we could have this event and the Phoenix Open back to back as potential tier 2's towards the beginning of the year. As it is now 5 of our first 6 events are tier 3's so adding this one to the mix would put a few more points up for grabs a little earlier. When I look down the schedule I don't see any other events that scream tier 2 that would definitely move the needle more than this one. Basically we would move the Tier 2 away from Abu Dhabi and smush that tourney like a grape, and give it to Torrey a week later.
