In midst of recent rut, European Tour looking for new solutions | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

VIRGINIA WATER, England — Just in case you haven’t noticed, things haven’t been going too well on the European Tour recently. While the big names are out in force for the BMW PGA Championship this week, the same has not been true for the vast majority of a 2013-14 season. By way of example, seven of the eight South African tournaments that have so-far dominated the schedule have offered purses less than one third of the €4,750,000 that has helped draw the stars to Wentworth.

European Tour commissioner George O’Grady is taking measures to develop a long-term business strategy for the tour. Photo by Getty Images

Not surprisingly, the tour rank-and-file has been a little unhappy with a state of affairs that has, for example, seen the man who won last year’s qualifying school — Spaniard Carlos Del Moral — tee-up only half a dozen times. And he is far …