Last week the Tour’s Players Advisory Council [PAC] sent out an email to members detailing major changes that will be introduced by the start of 2026.
The changes include limiting field sizes, an updated pace of play policy, the elimination of some Monday qualifiers and adjusting the number of Tour pros who can call themselves fully exempt members.
In the 23-page document that was sent by the PAC, it was claimed that reducing the field sizes will have a direct impact on improving pace of play.
There have been far too many occasions where golfers are struggling to complete their rounds against the fading light, the PAC said.
Glover thinks this is cobblers.
“A slow golfer is a selfish person,” he told the SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio.
“They affect the people they are playing with. They affect the people behind them. For you weekend warriors out there, you’re not good enough to be slow.
“Tour players, yes, you do affect the players you play with and those behind you. That’s a selfish act so speed up.
“But the fact that the Tour is hiding behind the guise of slow play… is the only way a do it to limit these fields under this ‘more competition’ thing. That’s complete crap. How about speed up play? How about, have a better policy?”
He added: “Everybody says if you’re going to complain have an answer. Alright, I’ve got an answer.
“Bad Time? You get a shot. Two Bad Times? You get another shot. Add a shot to your score.
“All of a sudden, guess what. ‘I made the cut on the number.’ Oh, guess what? I had that Bad Time. I got a shot and I didn’t make money this week. Guess who’s going to speed up? That person.”
Whilst the changes are still only technically a proposal, they are likely to be approved in full next month.
The policy board will take a vote on 18 November.
That board includes Tiger Woods, Patrick Cantlay and Jordan Spieth.
They have absolutely no reason to vote against the proposals and there is widespread belief they have been pushing for the changes.
Some Tour professionals have accused the likes of Cantlay and Spieth of pulling up the ladder behind them by reducing playing opportunities.
In other words, the rich are only going to get richer.
Peter Malnati, who sits on the board, fiercely defended the proposals that will make the Tour more cut-throat than ever before.
As for Glover, it is no secret he is not a fan of where the Tour is heading.
At 44, he is entering the latter stages of his career. This is why he has been speaking out against the leadership.
“I’m at a point in my career now where my future and my family’s future hinges on this, these decisions that are about to be made,” he previously said.
“So that’s why ‘’ve decided in the last few months to start speaking up.
“But the board situation and the way they’re going to reach these decisions now is backwards
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