Brian Rolapp is interested in strength, not spectacle.

Such strength, Rolapp believes, comes from a PGA Tour that is not overly reliant on a handful of star players, whether they’re already on his tour, like Rory McIlroy, or on another tour, like Bryson DeChambeau.

“Any sport worth its salt says, if this competition only works if there are a couple people in it, it’s not a sport, it’s a circus,” Rolapp said last month during CNBC’s CEO Council Forum in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where the PGA Tour CEO addressed several topics related to his new league’s future.

Rolapp’s comment came after interviewer Scott Wapner asked Rolapp about LIV Golf, specifically DeChambeau, whom Wapner called the “most popular” American golfer in the world, and a potential reunification at the top of the spor

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