Jordan Spieth gives his honest opinion on PGA Tour events with no cuts

In March, Brian Rolapp outlined his six-point plan for a new and improved PGA Tour.

One of the big changes planned for the 2027 season is 120-man fields for Signature Events, with cuts returning at the halfway point.

That is definitely a step in the right direction, but what does Spieth think about it?

After finishing his second round on Friday in Miami, the three-time major champion was asked to share his opinion on 72-player fields with no cuts.

“I mean, if you’re asking me personally, like, if you’re asking me what’s best for the PGA TOUR, that’s probably a different answer,“ Spieth replied.

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*“*But as a player in that, why wouldn’t that be better? You know. But I don’t know if that’s what’s going to be best or what’s going to happen in the future. And that’s not necessarily for the players to decide, it will be collaborating with the networks and the fans and the players, so it will be kind of a group effort.

*“*I think they’re trying to figure that out. But I mean, as a player, you know, obviously you’re playing faster, there’s less people in the field, so it’s technically, you know, obviously the field’s elite, but if you just added more people that’s more players.

“So, yes and no, depending upon how you’re asking it.“

Why the PGA Tour must add more jeopardy

The main problem with no-cut events is that there is zero jeopardy.

With those levels of safety and security, it goes without saying that a certain level of excitement is taken away from tournaments.

All elite level sports need some kind of jeopardy baked into their model in order for them to flourish.

It’s why the Premier League has relegation and promotion and American sports have play-offs.

Aside from watching the leaders battling it out on a Sunday, it’s a fair argument to make that watching players on the cutline on a Friday afternoon fighting to make the weekend is some of the most exciting action we get to watch as golf fans.

There is nothing quite like the pressure that battling it out to make a cut brings – ask any tour pro and they will all give you the same answer.

Jordan Spieth may prefer playing in 72-player fields with no cuts, but as he rightly said, that is not something that the fans are partial to.