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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4277539, member: 1969"]
I thought the PGA championship is run by the PGA of America, which is not the same as the PGA tour.  But perhaps I am wrong.

My understanding has been that the PGA Tour does not own/control any of the majors, which is why they have pushed The Players so hard as the "Fifth Major", since that is owned by the tour.   And they may be able to bar players from that.

The other interesting one is the 4 World Golf Championship Events which are largely selected based on World Rankings. and have very strong fields.   They are not owned by the PGA, but instead are owned by the International Federation of PGA tours.   I don't think players could be stopped from entering those if they meet the world ranking requirements.

While all the majors (except the British I believe) do give spots to the top 30 on tour, or tour winners, the largest determinant of the fields in all the majors and WGC events is world golf rankings.

The weak fields at first could hurt the ranking points earned from LIV events, but once they gain a few more top players in 48 man fields,  that could take care of itself.    If the top players can play in the 4 majors, the 4 WGC's, and perhaps some top Euro events their rankings will generally be maintained.

I would argue that as of now the PGA Tour has very little control over the fields of any of the majors or the WGC's.     But they could try to use their influence to get the controlling parties of those events to bar certain players - not sure if it would be successful but it might.
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