The flagship event on the DP World Tour will have many interested viewers this week.
On Monday, the players' AGM - which is always held this week - had everyone in the room trashing out their views.
The board is also meeting so the outcome of both meetings will paint a clearer picture on the way forward for the Tour.
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BMW must be delighted to have such a strong field - most of the DP World Tour's stars and rebels are in the field.
But it is a very divisive time for professional golf.
History would show that the PGA Tour has never had an equal and it cherry-picked the best players because that was where everyone wanted to play.
The LIV series has massively upset this model. Sixteen of those LIV players will tee it up this week along with Rory McIlroy and John Rahm, who headline the tournament.
Rory McIlroy is back on European soil and will try to back up his brilliant PGA Tour form and win for the second time at Wentworth.
It will probably be the most contentious staging of this famous championship.
Keith Pelley has asked for all LIV players not to wear any branding and they won’t feature in TV groups on Thursday and Friday.
I hope the week is more about the golf on offer. I don’t understand why the LIV players would bother to play.
There are taking away spots from Challenge Tour players who undoubtedly need the start and
normally would get in.
The Tour created this ranking to bolster the field previously and it has backfired on them.
It will almost feel like the Eighties, when Seve went to the States and was made to feel like an unwelcome visitor.
Billy Horschel is the defending champion and proud of his association with both the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
He is also quite vocal against the LIV Tour and will be very keen to defend his title.
We saw with McIlroy how his play seems inspired at the Fed Ex, and during this turbulent year in general.
It is fair to say that the anti-LIV players will be keen to get their name on the trophy this week, almost in defence of their
Tour.
The extra spice will hopefully inspire some fantastic golf, because that is what will make this another memorable week on the DP World Tour.
LIV Narrative
I watched the last hole of the latest LIV event and the play-off hole on Sunday.
The main thing that still bothers me is the narrative. Players seem to be told to proclaim how much better and different everything has become.
Lee Westwood bogeyed his final hole with a lob wedge in hand.
It was a heartbreaking finish - getting up and down for birdie would have guaranteed victory, but he bogeyed and lost out on making the play-off that was won by Dustin Johnson.
Westwood can be a prickly character when he wants to be with the media.
He was interviewed immediately post-round and the interviewer gushed about how amazing LIV is and so forth.
The dialogue was without any deep insight into how Westwood's day evolved and the ramifications of that final hole bogey.
That was frustrating but the golf itself was obviously very good with the star quality on show.
We watch the PGA Tour for that reason and if LIV went into the narrative of the round the way the PGA Tour does, it would make for a better product.
This is just golf, after all. You either like the sport or you don’t. There are certain sports I don’t watch for that very reason.
Some of my pals hate football and couldn’t be bothered with it. Jazzing it up won’t change that or grow the game either.
As for LIV, all the stuff that goes around the events themselves seems manufactured and rehearsed.
That alcohol is sprayed around post-tournament is ironic given LIV is backed by a state that bans the consumption of it.
Also, the players are allowed to wear shorts during tournament play. More irony, given that women in Saudi Arabia are forced to cover up their skin.
They have signed some fantastic players at ferocious expense - there will be no change from a billion dollars for eight events this season.
I don’t care how rich they are, that's not a sustainable figure going forward.
Resolve
The DP World Tour rolls on again after a very emotional victory from Oliver Wilson in Denmark.
It was his second win on Tour after 18 years. He is a former Ryder Cup player who has lived through a roller-coaster of seasons.
It is testament to his resolve that he continues to try to be the best version of himself.
Hitting his driver off the deck on 18, which is one of the toughest final hole shots on Tour, must be a contender for shot of the year.
His post-round interview showed what the sport and his career mean to him.
I have always been a fan of Oli and was delighted to see him win again.
It was at the expense of Ewen Ferguson who was trying to win for the third time this season. He did nothing wrong in defeat and his stock continues to rise.
This week will be exciting for him as all the big stars are present. I think he has the potential to play Ryder Cup next year.
The challenge is tougher to climb the world rankings from Europe but the best players will always find a way.
He has usurped Robert Macintyre at the moment and it is exciting to see a new Scottish star emerge.
I hope he is rewarded with a marquee group tomorrow. Maybe Luke Donald might need to take a look.
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