Can PGA TOUR members play in the Race for Dubai?
There are already a fair number of PGA TOUR players with dual membership in the European Tour. Padraig Harrington, Ian Poulter and Luke Donald immediately come to mind. Camilo Villegas and Anthony Kim have also taken up European Tour membership, and others, including world No. 2 Phil Mickelson, are toying with the idea. That doesn’t mean that you won’t see them on the PGA TOUR, too — quite the contrary. The FedExCup is too lucrative and exciting not to participate. But a member only needs to compete in 12 events on the European Tour, and seven events (all four majors and the three World Golf Championships) count toward membership on both Tours. As a result, a player would only have to add five events to fulfill his European Tour requirements. Two of those events have to be in Europe — so this is just a hunch — but look for more TOUR players competing in the Barclays Scottish Open, the week before the Open Championship. There are plenty of other options, though, with five European To
