Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth secure fifth sponsor exemptions amid challenging seasons

Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth secure fifth sponsor exemptions amid challenging seasons

Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth have secured their fifth sponsor exemption of the season. The duo is among the four exemptions for the Memorial Tournament scheduled for next week.

PGA Tour Signature Event Sponsor Exemptions A Balancing Act

It was a rainy Tuesday morning in Dublin, Ohio and executive director Dan Sullivan was sitting in his HNS Sports office as a media day outing had been cancelled, but preparations for the 50th laying of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday were very much continuing. Sullivan took time out of his schedule to talk on the phone and one of the questions asked was about the importance of sponsor exemptions and getting it right. Given that the …