Jack Nicklaus is having discussions with the PGA Tour about moving the Memorial Tournament back to its traditional date closer to Memorial Day
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JackNicklaushasamessageforanyonewonderingwhytheMemorialTournamentmovedoffitstraditionaldateclosertoMemorialDay,andwhetheritmightsomedaymoveback.
“Thatdiscussion(withthePGATour)isinprocess,”NicklaussaidTuesdayatMuirfieldVillageGolfClub.
Translated:Nicklausisnotthrilledthatthetournamenthefoundedandhashostedsince1976isbumpingagainstnextweek’sU.S.Open.
“Wewouldprefertheotherweek,”Nicklaussaid,meaningtwoweeksbeforetheU.S.Open,whichbeforetheswitchthisyearwasthetournament’sspotonthetourschedulefordecades.TheCanadianOpenfilledthatspotthisyear.“Weareherethisweekbecausethetouraskedustohelpthemout.Theysaidtheyhadathingtheywantedtodo,andwhattheplayersaskedfor,andwesaidyes,butthatwewouldreviewitafterthistournament.
The“thing”thetourwanted,andpushedbytopplayers,wasbunchingofthehigher-money,limitedfieldeventssuchastheMemorialtomaketravelandschedulingaround
