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Should amateur golfers collect the purse if they win? PGA Tour rookie Nick Dunlap’s answer might surprise you

Dunlap must be in favor of a system that would have allowed him to collect the massive payday, right?

PINEHURST, N.C. — At the end of the annual USGA press conference before the U.S. Open with CEO Mike Whan, president Fred Perpall and chief championships officer John Bodenhamer, a reporter asked whether amateurs should now be paid their share of any winnings at the organization’s events.

Noting the changes to college athletics like NIL (name, image, likeness), Whan said the USGA has tried to stay on the front edge of the debate, even though it’s one that seems to be constantly changing.