During his visit to the country to promote the Chile Classic, Alex Baldwin spoke with La Tercera about the details of the circuit’s return to Santiago and the dispute between the PGA and LIV Golf.
Alex Baldwin walks naturally and with a welcoming smile around the 18th hole of the course at the Prince of Wales Country Club, La Reina. Despite the fact that her arrival in the country is due exclusively to the launch of the Chile Classic, an event of the Korn Ferry Tour to be held in March 2023 in the capital, the president of the PGA development circuit also has a few minutes to speak with La Tercera .
In fluent Spanish, the North American expresses her excitement at the return of the Korn Ferry Tour to the country after eight years of absence, talks about national golfers and positions herself in the battle between the PGA and LIV Golf.
On the latter it is clear and direct. “For me, the focus is on the Korn Ferry Tour and every week I have 156 players whose dream is to play on the PGA. We are part of the PGA Tour, we are one of the five tours on the tour and we follow their rules. Rules written by the members, who are the same players “, he comments.
This statement leads the conversation to Joaquín Niemann and his arrival at LIV. “We have a lot of respect for everything Joaquín has done on the PGA Tour and we respect his decision, but my focus is on the Korn Ferry and nothing else. “, he mentions again.
And it is that leading the PGA Development Tour is a full-time job. Baldwin started with this in 2019 and discussions immediately began to host a tournament in Chile again. “We have been talking for four years now. Obviously the pandemic has made the last seasons more focused on domestic events, but now that we are in a return of international events, including Chile in this market was a great opportunity. “, he admits.
Finally the conversation ends with Mito Pereira and the latest big names to graduate from Korn Ferry: “It gives us a lot of pride when we see them achieve the dream of playing on the PGA Tour, but we’ve always had a lot of confidence that they will succeed at the world level. This was the case for Mito and other graduates like Scottie Scheffler or Will Zalatoris. “, he concludes.
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Source: Latercera
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