DP World Tour media briefing in London

The Scotsman

Scotsman golf correspondent Martin Dempster in London for a media briefing with new DP World Tour chief executive Guy Kinnings, who has replaced the outgoing Keith Pelley.

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00:00 Hello, it's Martin Dempster, the Scotsman Golf Correspondent here, coming to you from

00:06 an unusual location for me, central London, where I've come down today to attend a media

00:14 briefing with Guy Kinnings, the new DP World Tour CEO. It's Guy's first get-together with

00:22 the media since he took over the role from Keith Pelly following his return to Canada

00:30 to take up a new role there. It's certainly going to be interesting to hear what Guy has

00:36 to say about a number of matters in the golf world, including of course ongoing talks between

00:43 the DP World Tour, PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund about a framework

00:50 agreement that's aiming to create a new landscape for the game of golf. It'll also be interesting

00:56 to hear what Guy has to say about the Ryder Cup, the growth of it, an event that's been

01:01 close to his heart since he joined the tour, and also the Genesis Scottish Open. It's a

01:07 co-sanctioned event now of course with the PGA Tour and it's had a tremendous feel the

01:12 last two years and that will also be the case this year with defending champion Rory McIlroy

01:20 having already confirmed he'll be at the Renaissance Club. Rory, he's been in the news this week,

01:26 looks like he's set to return to the PGA Tour policy board, that's quite a turnaround, but

01:32 Rory feels that he can be helpful in those talks about the framework agreement and has

01:39 stressed the need for golf to be unified going forward. To keep up to date with all the matters

01:44 in the golf world, log on to Scotsman.com or buy the Scotsman.

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