Rickie Fowler finished 101st in the 2024 FedExCup standings—far from the top 50 cut-off that grants automatic entry to the PGA Tour’s elite signature events. Yet somehow, he teed it up in six of them this season. The math doesn’t add up, and Brandel Chamblee isn’t staying quiet about it.

Signature events are supposed to be the tour’s crown jewels. Limited fields, $20 million purses, and a spot reserved only for those who’ve earned it. But Fowler’s presence—and Jordan Spieth ’s too—sparked a question many fans were already asking: has merit lost its meaning?

During “The Favorite Chamblee” podcast , Chamblee and co-host Bailey Chamblee dug into that very issue. Sitting alongside Golf Magazine’s Claire Rogers, they explored whether the PGA Tour is bending too far toward star power.

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