FedEx Cup prize fund could hit $100m as PGA bid to thwart rival golf tour

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan spent much of his annual Players Championship state-of-the-tour address dealing with threats from a spreading pandemic to a rival golf tour.

Of most immediate concern, Monahan said plans to stage the WGC Dell Match Play Championship in two weeks at Austin Country Club continue “full speed ahead” despite coronavirus concerns that prompted the host city to cancel a popular music festival scheduled the week before the world’s top 64 players head to town.