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More money, schedule changes, no way back for LIV golfers: 5 takeaways from Jay Monahan’s press conference at the Travelers

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan spoke for just over 40 minutes and outlined a new structure for the circuit.

CROMWELL, Conn. — The Travelers Championship, with a date that many people would think is among the worst on the PGA Tour calendar—the week after the U.S. Open—is a success story that commissioner Jay Monahan loves to discuss. He knows the tournament well, having graduated from Trinity College, which is just 11 miles away from TPC River Highlands in Hartford. But on a soggy Wednesday afternoon, Monahan was in the media center to talk about something else: the threat the LIV Golf Series poses to the PGA Tour and what the tour plans to do moving forward.

As it turns out, Monahan spoke for just over 40 minutes and outlined a new structure the PGA Tour plans to implement soon.

Here are five key takeaways from his news conference.

Travelers Championship raises $1.6 million for charity despite no fans

The Travelers Championship, won by Dustin Johnson in June, has announced that the event raised $1.6 million for 115 charities.

PGA Tour tournaments raise a bulk of their money for charity through ticket sales and their pro-ams.

The Travelers Championship, won by Dustin Johnson in late June, announced on Wednesday that the event raised $1.6 million for 115 charities in the Cromwell, Connecticut, area.

That’s quite a feat, because the Travelers, the fourth tournament back after the 91-day COVID-19 imposed stoppage, had no fans on site at TPC River Highlands.

According to the Associated Press, tournament director Nathan Grube said the loss of ticket revenue was partially offset by corporate donors who provided funds even without getting the ticket packages, receptions or hospitality tents in return.

There were about 200,000 fans on site in 2019, which allowed tournament organizers to donate close to $2.1 million to charity.

Not having fans on site has been par for the course on Tour, although the Houston Open in two weeks will have a limited number of tickets available.