Euro Chief Promising Complete Tour Overhaul By 2018

A "players first" philosophy was about the best Rich Lerner and Frank Nobilo could get out of a cryptic European Tour Chief Keith Pelley, who stopped by the Golf Channel booth during BMW Championship round one play.

One of his key comments: more playing opportunities, which seems unimaginable considering that the Tour plays nearly every week already.

Pelley is also asked by Nobilo about the tour's slow play crackdown and regarding Wentworth, the desire of players to play on "proper" courses. He's pinning his hopes on a BMW resurgence after Ernie Els restores H.S. Colt's design following Ernie Els' redesign of Harry Colt's design.

"The schedule will be different; it will be more friendly from a travel perspective for the players. There will be a number of events where the prize funds will be significantly increased, and there will be more playing opportunities for all of our members," Pelley said. "A different schedule for sure and a different players-first philosophy."

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