Many top players have left their former home on the PGA Tour to play on the Saudi-funded LIV Tour.
To prevent more stars like Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson from taking the step over, the PGA Tour implemented a number of new incentives for this year's season.
These include what are called "elevated competitions", tournaments with extra high status.
The prize money has been greatly increased in these, where this week's competition Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill is an example of such.
Sunday's winner earns the equivalent of SEK 37 million, which is a substantial increase from last year's prize check.
Approaching the LIV tour
And to appease the top players even more, there will be even more changes for next year.
Then you will remove the qualification limit and play with greatly reduced starting fields in these competitions, writes the PGA Tour on its website.
By dropping the qualifying limit, between 70 and 78 players are guaranteed to be allowed to put up prize money.
In regular competitions, the half of the starting field that misses the qualifying mark, which is drawn halfway after 36 holes, does not get paid.
When the PGA Tour now chooses to remove the qualifying limit and reduce the starting field, it is thus approaching the format of the LIV Tour, where all competitions are played that way.
However, it will retain the traditional concept of playing 72 holes over four days, compared to LIV's 54-hole events.
"Being imitated is the finest form of flattery.
Congratulations, PGA Tour.
Welcome to the future," writes the LIV tour in a somewhat sarcastic tweet.
Don't touch the majors
Players can qualify for the elevated competitions by making the previous year's playoffs, holding a high world ranking, or winning a minor tournament.
However, the changes will not apply to all elevated competitions.
The major events, The Players Championship and playoff events, will remain unchanged.
TRAILER: “LIFE or DEATH?” – documentary about the LIV tour