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Article: Tour will prise PGA grip from Ryder Cup bankroll; Surplus millions will be given to grassroots and good causes.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- May 26, 2001
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Byline: DEREK LAWRENSON
GET set for the Ryder Cup revolution, and the biggest changes golf has seen for a decade.
Get ready for a contest that could make upwards of [pound]20million in 2005 in Ireland, with the money being used to build the sport at grassroots level in Europe, substantially raise Challenge Tour prize- funds, give professionals expenses to play in events and establish a pension fund.
Ken Schofield, executive director of the European Tour, invited Sportsmail into the boardroom at Wentworth yesterday and outlined his vision with missionary zeal.
It was this paper last Tuesday which triggered the debate that has been the ...