MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) \u2014 Brooks Koepka\u2019s presence at this year\u2019s Myrtle Beach Classic has boosted attention for the tournament, even as he was not at the top of the leaderboard after two rounds.<\/p>\n
Koepka joined a field that also includes familiar PGA Tour names such as Brandt Snedeker, Billy Horschel, and Danny Willett, giving the event added star power in a week when it has competed for attention with other tournaments, including the Wells Fargo and Truist championships.<\/p>\n
Tournament director Darren Nelson said opposite-field events held the same week as another PGA Tour stop can sometimes struggle to attract excitement from players. Still, he believes the Myrtle Beach Classic has changed that perception.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith this event, there’s also another PGA Tour event the same week so a lot of times, the opposite field events the golf course aren’t as good and the players aren’t excited to play these types of events,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cBut I think we’ve blown them away. The first two years, the players who have played here I think, have told the other guys, ‘hey, you need to come play here at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club’ because it is such a great golf course.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the tournament continues, officials are also working on the terms of a new contract, with the current agreement running through 2027.<\/p>\n
Tournament executive director Tracy Conner said discussions about the next contract have been positive and suggested the event could potentially play a role in a pathway for players returning from LIV Golf to the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we’re bringing to not just Myrtle Beach, but the key to the tournament is a little different than most tournaments since we’ve had really good, positive conversations about the next contract,\u201d Conner said. \u201cThat is the conversation we have with the tour. Right. Use us next year to transition Liv back into standalone tournaments with the tour.\u201d<\/p>\n
It appears to be the price players like Koepka are willing to pay, as earlier this week, he humbly said he looks forward to earning his way back into Signature Events on the Tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m itching to get in, but I\u2019m accepting of where I\u2019m at,\u201d he said. \u201cI understand that there\u2019s a price to pay for coming back, and I\u2019m willing to accept those and whatever I have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conner said talks between the PGA Tour and title sponsors ONEFlight and Visit Myrtle Beach have been ongoing, and he expects it to take a few more months before they near an agreement to continue the Myrtle Beach Classic after 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) \u2014 Brooks Koepka\u2019s presence at this year\u2019s Myrtle Beach Classic has boosted attention for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-632913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}