• Revolutionised tournament could help close gender pay gap
• Biennial event would offer more than $10m prize money
Female golfers could be the biggest beneficiaries from an ambitious scheme to revolutionise the sport’s World Cup, with plans afoot to boost prize money and introduce mixed gender teams. Detailed talks about the World Cup, a biennial event which does not resonate deeply within the sport, have been ongoing for a number of months. The plan would see the competition’s purse boosted from $7m to upwards of $10m, with female golfers entering the fold seen as commercially beneficial.
A bigger prize fund would, of course, be welcomed by male participants, but it would make a more significant impact on the female game as players look to close the pay gap between themselves and members of the PGA Tour in particular.
Written by Ewan Murray
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/feb/05/women-golfers-benefit-most-prize-money-mixed-teams-world-cup under the title “Golf World Cup set for shake-up with plans for mixed-gender teams”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
