2024 PGA Tour Schedule

[billyspan]

First, yes, I have too much time on my hands.  Second, I love this stuff.  Let's hear what you would like to see for the first calendar year schedule in a long while.

 

Notes/highlights (my opinions):

• If PGA is smart, they eliminate the meaningless Fall events and alternate events (move them into a longer main season)
• I have Honda dropping off in 2024
• Strategic alliance extends across the 6 major professional tours (Flagship tournament adds: PGA Tour - PLAYERS, Euro - British PGA, Australasian - Australian Open, Japan - Japan Open, Sunshine - South African Open, Asian Open - TBD) and f
• Houston moves to the Spring
• Greensboro moves to traditional pre-Masters spot in the Spring 
• Canadian Open is elevated
• BMW Championship reverts back to the Western Open
• TOUR Championship returns to rotating venues

 

	2023 ACTUAL	2024 W/O FALL	2024 W/FALL
WEEK 1	Kapalua	Kapalua	Kapalua
WEEK 2	Honolulu	Honolulu	Honolulu
WEEK 3	Palm Springs	Palm Springs	Palm Springs
WEEK 4	San Diego	San Diego	San Diego
WEEK 5	Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach
WEEK 6	Phoenix	Phoenix	Phoenix
WEEK 7	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Los Angeles
WEEK 8	Honda (FL)	Texas Open	Texas Open
WEEK 9	API Bay Hill	Houston	Houston
WEEK 10	The PLAYERS	The PLAYERS	The PLAYERS
WEEK 11	Valspar (FL)	Valspar (FL)	Valspar (FL)
WEEK 12	WGC Match Play	API Bay Hill	API Bay Hill
WEEK 13	Texas Open	Greensboro	Greensboro
WEEK 14	The MASTERS	The MASTERS	The MASTERS
WEEK 15	Heritage	Heritage	Heritage
WEEK 16	New Orleans	Charlotte	Charlotte
WEEK 17	Mexico Open	Colonial	Colonial
WEEK 18	Charlotte	Byron Nelson	Byron Nelson
WEEK 19	Byron Nelson	New Orleans	New Orleans
WEEK 20	US PGA CHAMP	US PGA CHAMP	US PGA CHAMP
WEEK 21	Colonial	Las Vegas	Las Vegas
WEEK 22	Memorial	Memorial	Memorial
WEEK 23	Canadian Open	Sea Island	Canadian Open
WEEK 24	US OPEN	US OPEN	US OPEN
WEEK 25	Hartford	Hartford	Hartford
WEEK 26	Detroit	Minneapolis	WGC Match Play / MSP
WEEK 27	John Deere (IL)	Detroit	Detroit
WEEK 28	Scottish Open	Scottish Open	Scottish Open
WEEK 29	BRITISH OPEN	BRITISH OPEN	BRITISH OPEN
WEEK 30	Minneapolis	John Deere (IL)	John Deere (IL)
WEEK 31	Greensboro	Zozo (Japan)	Zozo (Japan)
WEEK 32	Memphis	Bermuda	Memphis
WEEK 33	BMW Champ	Canadian Open	Western Open
WEEK 34	TOUR Champ	Napa	TOUR Champ
WEEK 35		WGC Match Play	Barbasol (KY)
WEEK 36		Barbasol (KY)	Bermuda
WEEK 37	Napa / British PGA Champ	British PGA Champ	British PGA Champ
WEEK 38		Sanderson (MS)	Napa
WEEK 39	Ryder Cup	Presidents Cup	Presidents Cup
WEEK 40	Sanderson (MS)	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
WEEK 41	Las Vegas	Japan Open / Mayakoba	Japan Open / D.R.
WEEK 42	Zozo (Japan)	Mexico Open	Mayakoba
WEEK 43		Memphis	Mexico Open
WEEK 44	Mayakoba	Western Open	Sanderson (MS)
WEEK 45	Bermuda	TOUR Champ	Sea Island
WEEK 46	Sea Island
WEEK 47
WEEK 48	Aus. Open* / S.A. Open*	Australian Open	Australian Open
WEEK 49		South African Open	South African Open
WEEK 50
WEEK 51
WEEK 52
	*DATE NOT FINAL

Edited January 19, 2023 by billyspan
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[aus10KC]

So people prefer no golf in the fall or prefer silly season that we used to have which was a bunch of meaningless exhibition hit and giggles? 

 

Less money and opportunities for golfers doing away with the fall. 

 

 

[Dutch1008]

4 hours ago, aus10KC said:

So people prefer no golf in the fall or prefer silly season that we used to have which was a bunch of meaningless exhibition hit and giggles? 

 

Less money and opportunities for golfers doing away with the fall. 

I think you turn the fall into a huge qualifying tournament for the following season. PGA players that finish outside the top 100 or 125, the top XX from the Korn Ferry, top XX from the DPWT, top XX from Asia / Australia, etc. They all compete in a series of events to earn a PGAT card for the following year. They can keep the same locations (Barbasol, Sanderson, Mayakoba, etc), this would just provide some actual stakes. I don't really care about Russell Henley winning $1.4M in Mayakoba and earning some Fed Ex points. But I would tune in to see if Rickie Fowler or Jason Day can keep their tour card or if a young guy like Akshay Bhatia or Cole Hammer can make the leap.     

[iBanesto]

I would like to see more PGA Tour players play events such as the Australian, South African and Japan Opens or BMW PGA Championship.

 

 

[Ferguson]

1 hour ago, iBanesto said:

I would like to see more PGA Tour players play events such as the Australian, South African and Japan Opens or BMW PGA Championship.

 

 

 

 

[iBanesto]

4 minutes ago, Ferguson said:

 

 

 

Alright just the Qatar Masters then...

 

[Titleist99]

13 hours ago, aus10KC said:

So people prefer no golf in the fall or prefer silly season that we used to have which was a bunch of meaningless exhibition hit and giggles? 

 

Less money and opportunities for golfers doing away with the fall. 

 

 

I guess we all get to spend more time with our families.....wherther we like it or not. LOL!

 

Silly season events don't interest me at all. I just started watching the PNC father and son.

 

Whose dumb idea was it to give golfers an off season? 

They only play 18 weeks a year.....

[Ferguson]

1 hour ago, iBanesto said:

 

Alright just the Qatar Masters then...

 

 

 

Now you're talking.  In Doha. 

The one and true Masters. 

[Ole3wiggle]

They aren't moving the TOUR championship date or from East Lake. I also think the fall will become meaningless unless its a Ryder cup year. 

[smashdn]

As long as the PGA is in the spring and the Players in march the schedule is going to be jacked up.

 

They started having the Houston Open the week before The Masters as the course it was on Redstone/GC of Houston was bermuda overseeded with rye like Augusta.  That made sense.

 

The "swings" used to make geographical sense to a great extent.  Season started in Hawaii, then California and Arizona.  Jump to Florida and depending upon the year The Masters was either in the middle of the Florida swing or between the transition from Florida to Texas.  By that time in the schedule the more northern courses were getting into shape and they started to swing up into TN for St. Jude in Memphis and the tournaments in the Carolinas.  After that they would head into the midwest, have The Open, back for the handful of New England tournaments and a few more midwest tournaments then slide back south, have the Tour Championship, then "silly season" as you guys call it.  Team events, skins tournaments, tour qualifying tournament, etc.

 

I guess it is a delicate balance of keeping sponsors happy, having courses ready, scheduling so the top guys aren't avoiding the same tournaments and keeping the players happy as well.

[Go_Blue!]

Not seeing the Memorial in your 2024 plan. Can’t just remove the Memorial.

[Ole3wiggle]

1 hour ago, smashdn said:

As long as the PGA is in the spring and the Players in march the schedule is going to be jacked up.

 

They started having the Houston Open the week before The Masters as the course it was on Redstone/GC of Houston was bermuda overseeded with rye like Augusta.  That made sense.

 

The "swings" used to make geographical sense to a great extent.  Season started in Hawaii, then California and Arizona.  Jump to Florida and depending upon the year The Masters was either in the middle of the Florida swing or between the transition from Florida to Texas.  By that time in the schedule the more northern courses were getting into shape and they started to swing up into TN for St. Jude in Memphis and the tournaments in the Carolinas.  After that they would head into the midwest, have The Open, back for the handful of New England tournaments and a few more midwest tournaments then slide back south, have the Tour Championship, then "silly season" as you guys call it.  Team events, skins tournaments, tour qualifying tournament, etc.

 

I guess it is a delicate balance of keeping sponsors happy, having courses ready, scheduling so the top guys aren't avoiding the same tournaments and keeping the players happy as well.

Ya, I mean it made way more sense to do it that way but now with all the $ sponsors are putting up and the top players playing limited schedules I'm sure they had to break up the Texas Swing, move from Cali to Phoenix then back to Cali just to keep the fields a certain strength while also keeping certain sponsors happy by having certain fields, etc. 

[billyspan]

1 hour ago, Go_Blue! said:

Not seeing the Memorial in your 2024 plan. Can’t just remove the Memorial.

I knew I would forget at least 1 tournament!!

[aus10KC]

12 hours ago, Dutch1008 said:

I think you turn the fall into a huge qualifying tournament for the following season. PGA players that finish outside the top 100 or 125, the top XX from the Korn Ferry, top XX from the DPWT, top XX from Asia / Australia, etc. They all compete in a series of events to earn a PGAT card for the following year. They can keep the same locations (Barbasol, Sanderson, Mayakoba, etc), this would just provide some actual stakes. I don't really care about Russell Henley winning $1.4M in Mayakoba and earning some Fed Ex points. But I would tune in to see if Rickie Fowler or Jason Day can keep their tour card or if a young guy like Akshay Bhatia or Cole Hammer can make the leap.     

 

I think that is what is going to happen, with a few limited event tournaments sprinkled in for the top 70... I think no more of guys making a living being 75 - 100 each year. They are going to have to play for their status the following year in the fall... We'll see if the PGAT finds good sponsors and puts money behind and promotes it. To see guys playing for their livelihood, the emotion and drive behind that is very compelling. 

 

 

[Ferguson]

1 hour ago, billyspan said:

I knew I would forget at least 1 tournament!!

 

Brush it off.  Good work.

[billyspan]

Fun exercise.  Brought back some memories...

Select PGA Tour Schedules B.T. (Before Tiger):

 

	1958		1968		1978		1988
WEEK 1	Jan 6	Los Angeles Open			Jan 8	Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open
WEEK 2	Jan 12	Bing Crosby Nat Pro-Am	Jan 14	Bing Crosby Nat Pro-Am	Jan 15	Phoenix Open	Jan 17	MONY Tournament of Champs
WEEK 3	Jan 20	Tijuana Open Invitational	Jan 21	Kaiser International Open	Jan 23	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	Jan 24	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
WEEK 4	Jan 26	Thunderbird Invitational	Jan 28	Los Angeles Open	Jan 29	Andy Williams-San Diego Open	Jan 31	Phoenix Open
WEEK 5	Jan 29	Phoenix Open Invitational	Feb 4	Bob Hope Desert Classic	Feb 5	Hawaiian Open	Feb 7	AT&T Pebble Beach Nat Pro-Am
WEEK 6	Feb 9	Tucson Open Invitational	Feb 11	Andy Williams-San Diego Open	Feb 13	Bob Hope Desert Classic	Feb 14	Hawaiian Open
WEEK 7	Feb 16	Texas Open Invitational	Feb 18	Phoenix Open Invitational	Feb 19	G. Campbell-Los Angeles Open	Feb 21	A. Williams San Diego Open
WEEK 8	Feb 24	Houston Open	Feb 25	Tucson Open Invitational	Feb 26	Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic	Feb 28	Los Angeles Open
WEEK 9	Mar 2	Baton Rouge Open Inv			Mar 6	Florida Citrus Open	Mar 6	Doral-Ryder Open
WEEK 10	Mar 11	Greater New Orleans Open	Mar 10	Doral Open Invitational	Mar 12	Doral-Eastern Open	Mar 13	Honda Classic
WEEK 11	Mar 16	Pensacola Open Inv	Mar 17	Florida Citrus Open Inv	Mar 19	Tournament Players Champ	Mar 20	Hertz Bay Hill Classic
WEEK 12	Mar 23	St. Petersburg Open Inv	Mar 25	Pensacola Open Inv	Mar 26	Heritage Classic	Mar 27	The Players Championship
WEEK 13	Mar 30	Azalea Open Invitational	Mar 31	Jacksonville Open Inv	Apr 2	Greater Greensboro Open	Apr 3	KMart Greater Greensboro Open
WEEK 14	Apr 6	Masters Tournament	Apr 8	Greater Greensboro Open	Apr 9	Masters Tournament	Apr 10	Masters Tournament
WEEK 15	Apr 13	Greater Greensboro Open	Apr 14	Masters Tournament	Apr 16	MONY Tournament of Champs	Apr 17	MCI Heritage Golf Classic
WEEK 16	Apr 20	Kentucky Derby Open	Apr 21	Tournament of Champions	Apr 23	Houston Open	Apr 24	USF&G Classic
WEEK 17	Apr 27	Tournament of Champions	Apr 28	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Apr 30	First NBC New Orleans Open	May 1	Ind Insurance Agent Open
WEEK 18	May 4	Colonial National Invitation	May 5	Houston Champions Inter	May 7	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	May 8	Panasonic Las Vegas Inv
WEEK 19	May 11	Arlington Hotel Open	May 12	Greater New Orleans Open	May 14	Colonial National Invitation	May 15	GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
WEEK 20	May 18	Memphis Open	May 19	Colonial National Invitation	May 21	Memorial Tournament	May 22	Colonial National Invitation
WEEK 21	May 25	Kansas City Open	May 26	Memphis Open Invitational	May 28	Atlanta Classic	May 29	Memorial Tournament
WEEK 22	Jun 1	Western Open	Jun 2	Atlanta Classic	Jun 4	Kemper Open	Jun 5	Kemper Open
WEEK 23	Jun 8	Dallas Open Invitational	Jun 9	500 Festival Open Invitation	Jun 11	D. Thomas Memphis Classic	Jun 12	Manuf. Hanover Westchester
WEEK 24	Jun 14	U.S. Open	Jun 16	U.S. Open	Jun 18	U.S. Open	Jun 20	U.S. Open
WEEK 25	Jun 23	Buick Open Invitational	Jun 23	Canadian Open	Jun 25	Canadian Open	Jun 26	Geo-Pac Atlanta Golf Classic
WEEK 26	Jun 30	Pepsi Championship	Jun 30	Cleveland Open Invitational	Jul 2	Western Open	Jul 3	Beatrice Western Open
WEEK 27	Jul 4	The Open Championship	Jul 7	Buick Open Invitational	Jul 9	Greater Milwaukee Open	Jul 10	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic
WEEK 28	Jul 13	Insurance City Open	Jul 13	The Open Championship	Jul 15	The Open Championship	Jul 18	The Open Championship
WEEK 29	Jul 20	PGA Championship	Jul 21	PGA Championship	Jul 23	IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic	Jul 24	S. D. Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
WEEK 30	Jul 27	Eastern Open Invitational	Jul 28	Minnesota Golf Classic	Jul 30	S. D. Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	Jul 31	Buick Open
WEEK 31	Aug 4	Gleneagles-Chicago Open	Aug 4	Western Open	Aug 6	PGA Championship	Aug 7	FedEx St. Jude Classic
WEEK 32	Aug 11	Miller Open Invitational	Aug 11	American Golf Classic	Aug 13	American Optical Classic	Aug 14	PGA Championship
WEEK 33	Aug 17	St. Paul Open Invitational	Aug 18	Westchester Classic	Aug 20	AmEx Westchester	Aug 21	The International
WEEK 34	Aug 23	Canadian Open	Aug 25	Philadelphia Golf Classic	Aug 27	Colgate Hall of Fame Classic	Aug 28	NEC World Series of Golf
WEEK 35	Sep 1	Vancouver Open	Sep 2	Thunderbird Classic	Sep 4	B.C. Open	Sep 4	Canadian Open
WEEK 36	Sep 8	Utah Open	Sep 8	Greater Hartford Open Inv	Sep 10	Southern Open	Sep 11	Greater Milwaukee Open
WEEK 37	Sep 14	Denver Open	Sep 15	Kemper Open	Sep 17	San Antonio Texas Open	Sep 18	Bank of Boston Classic
WEEK 38	Sep 21	Hesperia Open Inv	Sep 22	PGA National Team Champ	Sep 24	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	Sep 25	B.C. Open
WEEK 39			Sep 29	Robinson Open	Oct 1	World Series of Golf	Oct 2	Southern Open
WEEK 40							Oct 9	Gatlin Bros-Southwest Classic
WEEK 41							Oct 16	Texas Open
WEEK 42			Oct 20	Sahara Invitational			Oct 23	Pensacola Open
WEEK 43			Oct 27	Haig Open Invitational	Oct 29	Pensacola Open	Oct 29	Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic
WEEK 44			Nov 3	Lucky International Open	Nov 5	Disney World National Team	Nov 6	N. Telecom Tucson Open
WEEK 45	Nov 9	Carling Open Inv	Nov 10	Hawaiian Open			Nov 14	Nabisco Championship*
WEEK 46	Nov 16	Havana International
WEEK 47	Nov 23	West Palm Beach Open	Nov 24	Cajun Classic Open Inv
WEEK 48	Nov 30	Havana Invitational
WEEK 49
WEEK 50	Dec 14	Mayfair Inn Open
WEEK 51
WEEK 52

* Nabisco Championship = The TOUR Championship

 

Note: Tournaments opposite majors & select invitationals omitted

1958 - Tournaments in Tijuana, Mexico and Havana, Cuba!

 

Edited January 19, 2023 by billyspan
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[Dutch1008]

8 hours ago, iBanesto said:

I would like to see more PGA Tour players play events such as the Australian, South African and Japan Opens or BMW PGA Championship.

The Aussie tournaments really surprise me. Great courses, great time to visit, home of a lot of great players with a great golfing history. I can understand wanting a break after a long season but a 2-3 week working vacation in Oz sounds pretty good to me. 

[billyspan]

 

28 minutes ago, Dutch1008 said:

The Aussie tournaments really surprise me. Great courses, great time to visit, home of a lot of great players with a great golfing history. I can understand wanting a break after a long season but a 2-3 week working vacation in Oz sounds pretty good to me. 

 

I would love to see more of the top players play the Australian Open too.  Amazing courses on the Sandbelt.  However, the prize money (not to mention high income tax) means that most non-Australian players will not take the trip.  However, the purses are both sub 1.4M.  The purses are lower than 4 Korn Ferry Tour events...  

 

Too bad, the Open and Australian PGA should be held in much higher esteem.

[Dutch1008]

15 minutes ago, billyspan said:

I would love to see more of the top players play the Australian Open too.  Amazing courses on the Sandbelt.  However, the prize money (not to mention high income tax) means that most non-Australian players will not take the trip.  However, the purses are both sub 1.4M.  The purses are lower than 4 Korn Ferry Tour events...  

 

Too bad, the Open and Australian PGA should be held in much higher esteem.

Good points. They need to find a way to up the purses. Perhaps these need to become co-sponsored events w/ the PGAT akin to the Scottish Open. I think it would make some sense to co-sponsor all the major opens. I think that'd be far more interesting than the WGCs. It would also be a cool accomplishment for a player not unlike winning all four majors. Very few have won all four majors but has anybody come close to winning all the big opens (US, British, Scottish, Irish, Spanish, Canadian, Aussie, S. Africa, Japan)? 

[Ole3wiggle]

34 minutes ago, Dutch1008 said:

Good points. They need to find a way to up the purses. Perhaps these need to become co-sponsored events w/ the PGAT akin to the Scottish Open. I think it would make some sense to co-sponsor all the major opens. I think that'd be far more interesting than the WGCs. It would also be a cool accomplishment for a player not unlike winning all four majors. Very few have won all four majors but has anybody come close to winning all the big opens (US, British, Scottish, Irish, Spanish, Canadian, Aussie, S. Africa, Japan)? 

I'd include the French Open in that group and probably as one of the higher ones too, outside the US Open & Open Championship. 

Edited January 19, 2023 by Ole3wiggle

[Dutch1008]

1 minute ago, Ole3wiggle said:

I'd include the French Open in that group and probably as one of the higher ones too outside the US Open & Open Championship. 

Perfect. That makes it an even 10. 

 

Laadeedah Tiger has 18 WGCs, but do you have all 10 major opens? I don't think so 😉

[billyspan]

49 minutes ago, Ole3wiggle said:

I'd include the French Open in that group and probably as one of the higher ones too, outside the US Open & Open Championship. 

Here is a older thread partially addressing this side-topic:

However, I don't think a "winner" was announced.  In terms of # of total wins (missing some other opens): Gary Player 13/SA Opens 7/Aussie 3/British, Jack: 7/Aussie, 3/USA, Thomson: 9/NZ 5/British 3/Aussie, Norman: 5/Aussie.  De Vicenzo: at least 39 worldwide National Open wins.  Would be nice to refresh that thread.

[billyspan]

1 hour ago, Dutch1008 said:

Good points. They need to find a way to up the purses. Perhaps these need to become co-sponsored events w/ the PGAT akin to the Scottish Open. I think it would make some sense to co-sponsor all the major opens. I think that'd be far more interesting than the WGCs. It would also be a cool accomplishment for a player not unlike winning all four majors. Very few have won all four majors but has anybody come close to winning all the big opens (US, British, Scottish, Irish, Spanish, Canadian, Aussie, S. Africa, Japan)? 

Absolutely, the 6 major world tours should align their flagship national open (US, British, Australian, South African, Japan, Singapore (Asian)).  That takes care of the "world tour" IMO.  TOP 50 OWGR auto-exempt.  Boost the purses through a coordinated effort.  These events have history and staying power, unlike any made up "big money" invitationals (I'm looking at your too, WGCs).  Challenge is that I believe in most cases the national open is not run or "owned" by the regional tour.  Need the foresight to see past immediate dollar signs..

[tiderider]

you can't expect american golfers to want to go to australia ... it is a 20 hr flight with an obnoxious jet-lag in a country that has a small population giving limited funds to golf tournaments ... it's time we quit worrying about australia's golf ... yes, i said it ... 

 

[billyspan]

2 hours ago, tiderider said:

you can't expect american golfers to want to go to australia ... it is a 20 hr flight with an obnoxious jet-lag in a country that has a small population giving limited funds to golf tournaments ... it's time we quit worrying about australia's golf ... yes, i said it ... 

 

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You're not wrong...

 

Is tennis that much bigger Down Under? Not apples to apples by the Australian Open tennis tournament has an overall 52M+ purse.

Edited January 20, 2023 by billyspan

[Dutch1008]

9 minutes ago, billyspan said:

You're not wrong...

 

Is tennis that much bigger Down Under?

Or F1? 

 

They obviously have to solve the money problem but I don't think the travel is that big of a deal. Plenty of stars have gone over to Dubai when the money is right and that's a 15 hr flight. Plus you can get back to back tournaments in Oz so you're out there for 2+ weeks. Further, I'd much rather spend some time in Melbourne or Sydney than the soulless luxury mall that is Dubai.  

[Ole3wiggle]

18 hours ago, tiderider said:

you can't expect american golfers to want to go to australia ... it is a 20 hr flight with an obnoxious jet-lag in a country that has a small population giving limited funds to golf tournaments ... it's time we quit worrying about australia's golf ... yes, i said it ... 

 

Ya idk what you're talking about. I dont think the travel is the main deterent, although it may be one with the size of the purses. I think its more of a scheduling issue on top of the $ you're getting for going. If you dont win, a lot of the top guys probably wouldn't see the trip as a valuable one. I also dont think fan size would be an issue, especially in bigger cities like Sydney & Melbourne. Like someone mentioned above, they have F1 come to Melbourne for 1 weekend and get 420K ppl to show up over the weekend. 

 

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/motorsport/news/record-breaking-crowd-confirmed-australian-grand-prix-formula-1-soars-down-under/mvcfqpl6h94cl5qr4sdjj49j

[Mr.Cleeks]

Apparently Napa and Houston are trying to get onto the main schedule in 2024. I know this is farfetched, but with Honda ending ties with the PGA I wonder if Jay and co. are considering dumping that tournament and extending the West Coast swing by a week. Fortinet is locked in as a sponsor til 2026 

 

https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/09/15/pga-tour-fall-events-2023/

 

https://www.fortinet.com/blog/business-and-technology/fortinet-becomes-title-sponsor-pga-tours-napa-tournament-fortinet-championship

[grm24]

4 hours ago, KizIsTheMan said:

Apparently Napa and Houston are trying to get onto the main schedule in 2024. I know this is farfetched, but with Honda ending ties with the PGA I wonder if Jay and co. are considering dumping that tournament

It's an interesting question certainly. IMO the PGA Tour does everything to keep the Honda Classic on the Florida swing after 2023 under a different sponsor. Especially with the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation as the main beneficiary of the event for 15+ years. 

 

While at least this season it's not an elevated event I do not think the PGA Tour wants to lose an event in Florida especially since so many players on tour are based out of Florida and to who the event benefits. 

[iBanesto]

On 1/20/2023 at 11:54 AM, billyspan said:

You're not wrong...

 

Is tennis that much bigger Down Under? Not apples to apples by the Australian Open tennis tournament has an overall 52M+ purse.

 

Australian had a long and successful history in the game of tennis. Also the Australian Open having the status of a grand slam will always draw more sponsors than the golf equivalent tournament.

 

It is a popular recreational sport down under.

Edited January 21, 2023 by iBanesto