Watson And North Win The Liberty Mutual Legends Of Golf
posted in News |Andy North will owe Tom Watson dearly for this week. The Champions Tour made the Liberty Mutual Legends tournament after some thirty years an official event. This means that the money is official toward the Charles Schuab Cup and that the winners are exempt for one year. Andy North had only a partial exemption and now due to the team victory will have full exemption for the next year. The first day score of 59 went a long way toward the victory. Watson made ten out of the thirteen birdies that first day.
I personaly do not think that a team event should gain a player an exemption. The tour has made it more and more difficult for a player to gain access to The Champions Tour. The spots for the Monday qualifying has been cut back over recent years. To play in a team event and gain exemption does not seem fair to the thousands that pay a lot of money to follow the qualifying around from week to week. I am not sure, but has North even tried qualifying school to try and gain exemption?
Your Thoughts.