Chairman Ridley: 'I think that it would be a lot better if they were together more often'

Ridley – in a way the most influential and powerful man in golf – used his pulpit to subtly deliver a message to the leaders of professional golf to get their collective acts together and resolve the rift in the game.

Jon Rahm of Spain talks with Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club Fred Ridley. Pic: Michael Reaves, Getty Images

As state of the Masters press conferences go, this year’s with club chairman Fred Ridley was a relatively sleepy affair. 

There were no bombshell proclamations about course or eligibility changes or new initiatives like the Asia-Pacific and Latin America amateurs or the Masters week expansions like the women and junior events preceding the Masters at Augusta National.