2024 PGA Tour Schedule

[ProjectX]

When do you think they announce that these no cut events will be cut to three rounds and have a team format? 

[kasting333]

59 minutes ago, ProjectX said:

When do you think they announce that these no cut events will be cut to three rounds and have a team format? 

Jay Monahan is doing a full 180. What’s next?
 

[CourseJester]

I detest the consistent references to the ‘product’. 
 

It’s what happens when sport is used as a business. 

[cmatthews77]

The only thing that could potentially get the attention of the tour is if somehow the golf fan population (of which there isn’t consensus anyway) would just boycott the first of these elevated no cut events and not watch. Just a complete golf fan boycott. Somehow drive down the ratings substantially and make them rethink some of this. 
 

I don’t mind some of the changes but some of it is stupid. I think the Tour is mis-understanding what golf fans enjoy watching. I don’t watch Rory or Rahm or anyone play golf just to play golf. Different players come before and after them. They’re just players. I watch compelling theatre of people trying to win something if importance. I love the Cinderella stories competing against stars. I never enjoyed watching WGC events. I think the players mistakenly think we care about watching them. I don’t. 
 

It’s the same principal with college athletics. Fans of major college football or basketball teams would watch those teams play whether the players playing looked more like NFL players or High school players. As long as it’s a level competition the fans will watch. 
 

Yes having Star power helps big tournaments. Of course. But you think if Collin Morikawa was someone else we wouldn’t watch the Masters? Or The Memorial? In 5 years who will care that Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed or Cam Smith might not be playing in the PGA Championship. I don’t care. 

[billyspan]

KXAN Austin reporting that WGC Match Play event will not be on the schedule in 2024.  

 

I will assume that the Houston Open will take that spot.

[00steven]

Pretty clear the WGC are gone with the new formats.

[billyspan]

53 minutes ago, 00steven said:

Pretty clear the WGC are gone with the new formats.

Indeed. I wonder if there will be any match play event in 2024.

[Titleist99]

On 3/1/2023 at 6:30 PM, ProjectX said:

When do you think they announce that these no cut events will be cut to three rounds and have a team format? 

Guess they'll have to go to shotgun starts as well, right. There are really more differences than similarities if you look closely.🙂

[billyspan]

3 hours ago, 00steven said:

Pretty clear the WGC are gone with the new formats.

Sorry, I meant to clarify that no match play tournaments would be held in 2024 per the report/TOUR comments 

[Jc0]

On 3/2/2023 at 10:35 AM, cmatthews77 said:

The only thing that could potentially get the attention of the tour is if somehow the golf fan population (of which there isn’t consensus anyway) would just boycott the first of these elevated no cut events and not watch. Just a complete golf fan boycott. Somehow drive down the ratings substantially and make them rethink some of this. 
 

I don’t mind some of the changes but some of it is stupid. I think the Tour is mis-understanding what golf fans enjoy watching. I don’t watch Rory or Rahm or anyone play golf just to play golf. Different players come before and after them. They’re just players. I watch compelling theatre of people trying to win something if importance. I love the Cinderella stories competing against stars. I never enjoyed watching WGC events. I think the players mistakenly think we care about watching them. I don’t. 
 

It’s the same principal with college athletics. Fans of major college football or basketball teams would watch those teams play whether the players playing looked more like NFL players or High school players. As long as it’s a level competition the fans will watch. 
 

Yes having Star power helps big tournaments. Of course. But you think if Collin Morikawa was someone else we wouldn’t watch the Masters? Or The Memorial? In 5 years who will care that Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed or Cam Smith might not be playing in the PGA Championship. I don’t care. 

 

Big names always sell to the casual fan. Based on how you defined yourself, you are not a casual fan. In basketball a casual person might not watch a random NBA game. Say that game is Steff Curry vs Kevin Durant they are more likely to stick around. Same with golf. You put on a random golf tournament the average fan may not stick around. Say Rory or other big name players are in the field they are more likely to stick around. There is a reason viewership increases dramatically when Tiger is in the field. 

 

The PGA Tour doesn't care about catering to a viewer like you because you are going to watch regardless. They are trying to someone who wouldn't normally watch to tune in. 

 

The only sports that subverts this is the NFL and soccer. In those sports the brands are far bigger than the players, but a great player will still move the needle a quite bit. That's why the NFL does everything in their power to protect quarter backs. 

[billyspan]

	2022 - 23 ACTUAL	2024 PREDICTION
WEEK 1	Kapalua	Kapalua
WEEK 2	Honolulu	Honolulu
WEEK 3	Palm Springs	Palm Springs
WEEK 4	San Diego	San Diego
WEEK 5	Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach
WEEK 6	Phoenix	Phoenix
WEEK 7	Los Angeles	Los Angeles
WEEK 8	Honda	Mexico Open
WEEK 9	API Bay Hill	API Bay Hill
WEEK 10	The PLAYERS	The PLAYERS
WEEK 11	Valspar	Palm Harbor
WEEK 12	WGC Match Play	Houston Open
WEEK 13	Texas Open	Texas Open
WEEK 14	The MASTERS	The MASTERS
WEEK 15	Heritage	Heritage
WEEK 16	New Orleans	New Orleans
WEEK 17	Mexico Open	Palm Beach Gardens
WEEK 18	Charlotte	Charlotte
WEEK 19	Byron Nelson	Byron Nelson
WEEK 20	US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP	US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
WEEK 21	Colonial	Colonial
WEEK 22	Memorial	Memorial
WEEK 23	Canadian Open	Canadian Open
WEEK 24	US OPEN	US OPEN
WEEK 25	Hartford	Hartford
WEEK 26	Detroit	Detroit
WEEK 27	John Deere (IL)	John Deere (IL)
WEEK 28	Scottish Open	Scottish Open
WEEK 29	BRITISH OPEN	BRITISH OPEN
WEEK 30	Minneapolis	Minneapolis
WEEK 31	Greensboro	Greensboro
WEEK 32	Memphis	Memphis
WEEK 33	BMW Championship	BMW Championship
WEEK 34	TOUR Championship	TOUR Championship
WEEK 35
WEEK 36
WEEK 37	Napa	British PGA Championship
WEEK 38
WEEK 39	Ryder Cup	Presidents Cup
WEEK 40	Jackson
WEEK 41	Las Vegas	Japan Open
WEEK 42	Japan
WEEK 43	South Carolina
WEEK 44	Bermuda
WEEK 45	Mayakoba
WEEK 46	Houston Open	DP World Tour Championship
WEEK 47	Sea Island
WEEK 48		Australian Open
WEEK 49		South African Open
WEEK 50
WEEK 51
WEEK 52

Notes:

• FALL 2022 schedule shown above
• Designated events are italicized

WGC Match-Play and Mayakoba are gone.  Houston takes the WGC's place  Pebble moves to designated status.  I think the TOUR throws Jack a bone: moves his FL event and makes it a designated event 2024-only.  Mexico Open moves to the vacancy post Los Angeles.

December will fill up with PNC, Mixed Event and Hero.  I think the OWGR major member tours (outside of the Asian Tour) will look to co-sanction a "major" event each in the Fall/Winter

 

Will the following events move to the Fall or become Alternate Events opposite the designated events?  Perhaps the tour appeases Rahm and adds the Spanish Open?

 

Following events not added.  I can see the Tour losing some of these along with New Orleans.

 

Puerto Rico

Dominican Republic

Barbasol (Nicholasville, KY)

Barracuda (Truckee, CA)

Fortinet (Napa, CA)

Sanderson (Jackson, MS)

Shriners (Las Vegas, NV)

Zozo (Japan)

CJ Cup

Bermuda

RSM (Sea Island, GA)

 

[Dutch1008]

8 hours ago, Jc0 said:

The only sports that subverts this is the NFL and soccer. In those sports the brands are far bigger than the players, but a great player will still move the needle a quite bit. That's why the NFL does everything in their power to protect quarter backs. 

The NFL does this too. The Sunday night NBC game is almost always a premium match up. Either two top teams facing off, or a division rivalry game. They also have flex scheduling where if a team under performs preseason expectations and was scheduled for a prime time viewing window, the league can adjust the schedule to a more favorable matchup.  

 

Unlike the NBA, the NFL and MLB push specific franchises over players. It's why national broadcasts always include the Cowboys / Yankees / Red Sox. It's till the same concept, trying to give the average consumer more of what they want. 

[Dave230]

It’s a failure of the schedule to have no matchplay at all on Tour. They’re talking about elevated and limited field events. Why not have an exclusive 16 player matchplay with all the stars, ala Matchplay at Wentworth in the 1990s and 2000s. You won’t get your Kisner-English final then, you have Rory vs Spieth or a Thomas vs Scheffler. If they’re trying to think of interesting outside the box event ideas.

[Rob G 89]

1 hour ago, Dave230 said:

It’s a failure of the schedule to have no matchplay at all on Tour. They’re talking about elevated and limited field events. Why not have an exclusive 16 player matchplay with all the stars, ala Matchplay at Wentworth in the 1990s and 2000s. You won’t get your Kisner-English final then, you have Rory vs Spieth or a Thomas vs Scheffler. If they’re trying to think of interesting outside the box event ideas.

I think this comes back to the “product” match play isn’t good for tv not enough action

[Dutch1008]

2 hours ago, Dave230 said:

It’s a failure of the schedule to have no matchplay at all on Tour. They’re talking about elevated and limited field events. Why not have an exclusive 16 player matchplay with all the stars, ala Matchplay at Wentworth in the 1990s and 2000s. You won’t get your Kisner-English final then, you have Rory vs Spieth or a Thomas vs Scheffler. If they’re trying to think of interesting outside the box event ideas.

I like match play but it's not the most TV friendly format. There is a lot of dead time when you're down to the championship and 3rd place matches. What should be the crescendo of an event is mostly filled with walking down the fairway and lining up putts. Perhaps if the final groups we're miked up it'd make a difference.  

[Hawkeye77]

2 hours ago, Dave230 said:

It’s a failure of the schedule to have no matchplay at all on Tour. They’re talking about elevated and limited field events. Why not have an exclusive 16 player matchplay with all the stars, ala Matchplay at Wentworth in the 1990s and 2000s. You won’t get your Kisner-English final then, you have Rory vs Spieth or a Thomas vs Scheffler. If they’re trying to think of interesting outside the box event ideas.

If numbers and sponsors don’t support it, big deal. Only one basically made sense (and was still an anomaly) out of a year’s worth of events, so hardly a “mandate” for match play. I enjoy it but Ryder Cup and President’s is plenty of compelling match play if you want to watch it.  So not really a failure of the schedule. Who knows, maybe they are working on one. 

[canonlbp430]

Tour Championship should be 32 person matchplay bracket versus the dumb handicapped event it has become.

[khalespace]

12 minutes ago, canonlbp430 said:

Tour Championship should be 32 person matchplay bracket versus the dumb handicapped event it has become.

Why would the 1st place guy has the same chance of moving forward as the guy who finished 32nd for the season?  This is golf, not basketball.

[canonlbp430]

7 minutes ago, khalespace said:

Why would the 1st place guy has the same chance of moving forward as the guy who finished 32nd for the season?  This is golf, not basketball.

 

 If you had normal Fed Ex points during the playoffs and not the completely inflated scale they have now, along with the Tour Championship being it's own event independent of the winner of the total Fed Ex cup, the match play format with 30 or 32 guys would be much more fun to follow. Even if they refused to change the format of the winner of Tour Championship being the winner of overall Fed Ex, I don't think you could argue with the results versus the history of the Fed Ex champions being just as good. Keep in mind the last seven years have been held at a course that doesn't really fit the games of any of the top players.

 

Fed Ex Champions

 

2022	Rory McIlroy (3)	−21	1	3	1	6	2,104	13
2021	Patrick Cantlay	−21	1	3	2	3	2,056	21
2020	Dustin Johnson	−21	3	3	2	15	1,071	11
2019	Rory McIlroy (2)	−18	4	3	1	5	2,842	18
2018	Justin Rose	2,260	41	4	0	4	1,991	14
2017	Justin Thomas	3,000	660	4	1	2	2,689	21
2016	Rory McIlroy	3,120	740	4	2	36	973	14
2015	Jordan Spieth	3,800	1,493	4	1	1	4,169	21
2014	Billy Horschel	4,750	1,650	4	2	69	722	23
2013	Henrik Stenson	4,750	2,007	4	2	9	1,426	14
2012	Brandt Snedeker	4,100	1,273	4	1	19	1,194	18
2011	Bill Haas	2,760	15	4	1	15	1,273	22
2010	Jim Furyk	2,980	252	3	1	3	1,691	18
2009	Tiger Woods (2)	4,000	1,080	4	1	1	3,341	13
2008	Vijay Singh	125,101	551	4	2	7	15,034	19
2007	Tiger Woods

 

Matchplay

 

2022	EUR, PGAT	Scottie Scheffler	5	5	Kevin Kisner	29	33	4 and 3	2,100,000	12,000,000	Austin, Texas
2021	EUR, PGAT	Billy Horschel	32	34	Scottie Scheffler	30	32	2 and 1	1,820,000	10,500,000	Austin, Texas
2020	EUR, PGAT	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[17]
2019	EUR, PGAT	Kevin Kisner	48	50	Matt Kuchar	23	24	3 and 2	1,745,000	10,250,000	Austin, Texas
2018	EUR, PGAT	Bubba Watson	35	39	Kevin Kisner	32	36	7 and 6	1,700,000	10,000,000	Austin, Texas
2017	EUR, PGAT	Dustin Johnson	1	1	Jon Rahm	21	25	1 up	1,660,000	9,750,000	Austin, Texas
WGC-Dell Match Play
2016	EUR, PGAT	Jason Day (2)	2	2	Louis Oosthuizen	16	18	5 and 4	1,620,000	9,500,000	Austin, Texas
WGC-Cadillac Match Play
2015	EUR, PGAT	Rory McIlroy	1	1	Gary Woodland	50	52	4 and 2	1,570,000	9,250,000	Harding Park, California
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
2014	EUR, PGAT	Jason Day	8	11	Victor Dubuisson	27	30	23 holes	1,530,000	9,000,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2013	EUR, PGAT	Matt Kuchar	21	23	Hunter Mahan	23	25	2 and 1	1,500,000	8,750,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2012	EUR, PGAT	Hunter Mahan	21	22	Rory McIlroy	2	2	2 and 1	1,400,000	8,500,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2011	EUR, PGAT	Luke Donald	9	9	Martin Kaymer	2	2	3 and 2	1,400,000	8,500,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2010	EUR, PGAT	Ian Poulter	9	11	Paul Casey	6	8	4 and 2	1,400,000	8,500,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2009	EUR, PGAT	Geoff Ogilvy (2)	8	8	Paul Casey	23	23	4 and 3	1,400,000	8,500,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2008	EUR, PGAT	Tiger Woods (3)	1	1	Stewart Cink	22	22	8 and 7	1,350,000	8,000,000	The Gallery, Arizona
2007	EUR, PGAT	Henrik Stenson	9	9	Geoff Ogilvy	11	11	2 and 1	1,350,000	8,000,000	The Gallery, Arizona

 

 

They could also set up a combination of two qualifying rounds with top 16 being put into a bracket. There is much more potential with the small field than handicapping it. Do away with the notion that the winner of the last event has to be the overall Fed Ex winner. Like you said this is golf not basketball.

[Hawkeye77]

37 minutes ago, canonlbp430 said:

Tour Championship should be 32 person matchplay bracket versus the dumb handicapped event it has become.

 

Absolutely not.  They don't play match play week in and week out and you wouldn't have the season ending finale be a format other than a 72 hole test, nor would you likely keep the sponsor or have players interested.  Way too much to chance.  Always trendy to suggest match play but it just isn't practical nor captures interest as has been proven over time.

[canonlbp430]

58 minutes ago, Hawkeye77 said:

 

Absolutely not.  They don't play match play week in and week out and you wouldn't have the season ending finale be a format other than a 72 hole test, nor would you likely keep the sponsor or have players interested.  Way too much to chance.  Always trendy to suggest match play but it just isn't practical nor captures interest as has been proven over time.

 

It's already a completely different format than any other event during the year minus the Kapalua event. Also doesn't have a title sponsor as it is. Before the Fed Ex cup it was more of a celebratory event than anything. A way to celebrate the best players for the year. They have tried four different ways to get people's interest up since then. None have worked. 

[Hawkeye77]

1 hour ago, canonlbp430 said:

 

It's already a completely different format than any other event during the year minus the Kapalua event. Also doesn't have a title sponsor as it is. Before the Fed Ex cup it was more of a celebratory event than anything. A way to celebrate the best players for the year. They have tried four different ways to get people's interest up since then. None have worked. 

 

Right - underscores what I said, otherwise doesn't make a lot of sense - "celebratory"?

 

Again, maybe the Tour is working on one, but nothing about the above suggests it makes any sense as the final for the FedEx Cup and saying that the overall winner doesn't factor into it for the millions of dollars?  LOL, never happening. And you are incorrect that the winner of the last event has to be the overall FedEx Cup winner - see Tiger Woods, 2018.

[canonlbp430]

16 minutes ago, Hawkeye77 said:

 

Right - underscores what I said, otherwise doesn't make a lot of sense - "celebratory"?

 

Again, maybe the Tour is working on one, but nothing about the above suggests it makes any sense as the final for the FedEx Cup and saying that the overall winner doesn't factor into it for the millions of dollars?  LOL, never happening. And you are incorrect that the winner of the last event has to be the overall FedEx Cup winner - see Tiger Woods, 2018.

I don't think anyone in this conversation actually thought they were going to change the event to match play. I'm just saying it would be more fun and probably get more buzz. Also, yes the winner of the event wins the Fed Ex cup. That's why it has been handicapped for the last four years, to prevent what happened when Tiger won it but not the Fed Ex cup.

[Hawkeye77]

1 hour ago, canonlbp430 said:

I don't think anyone in this conversation actually thought they were going to change the event to match play. I'm just saying it would be more fun and probably get more buzz. Also, yes the winner of the event wins the Fed Ex cup. That's why it has been handicapped for the last four years, to prevent what happened when Tiger won it but not the Fed Ex cup.

 

That's right, the "Gundersen Method".  I don't watch it any more, lol, but that is correct.  

[ASimmons]

I love it. I also love the idea of rotating the designated events. Give John Deere that distinction, and it’s a great golf course.

[Hawkeye77]

6 hours ago, canonlbp430 said:

 

 If you had normal Fed Ex points during the playoffs and not the completely inflated scale they have now, along with the Tour Championship being it's own event independent of the winner of the total Fed Ex cup, the match play format with 30 or 32 guys would be much more fun to follow. Even if they refused to change the format of the winner of Tour Championship being the winner of overall Fed Ex, I don't think you could argue with the results versus the history of the Fed Ex champions being just as good. Keep in mind the last seven years have been held at a course that doesn't really fit the games of any of the top players.

 

Fed Ex Champions

 

2022	Rory McIlroy (3)	−21	1	3	1	6	2,104	13
2021	Patrick Cantlay	−21	1	3	2	3	2,056	21
2020	Dustin Johnson	−21	3	3	2	15	1,071	11
2019	Rory McIlroy (2)	−18	4	3	1	5	2,842	18
2018	Justin Rose	2,260	41	4	0	4	1,991	14
2017	Justin Thomas	3,000	660	4	1	2	2,689	21
2016	Rory McIlroy	3,120	740	4	2	36	973	14
2015	Jordan Spieth	3,800	1,493	4	1	1	4,169	21
2014	Billy Horschel	4,750	1,650	4	2	69	722	23
2013	Henrik Stenson	4,750	2,007	4	2	9	1,426	14
2012	Brandt Snedeker	4,100	1,273	4	1	19	1,194	18
2011	Bill Haas	2,760	15	4	1	15	1,273	22
2010	Jim Furyk	2,980	252	3	1	3	1,691	18
2009	Tiger Woods (2)	4,000	1,080	4	1	1	3,341	13
2008	Vijay Singh	125,101	551	4	2	7	15,034	19
2007	Tiger Woods

 

Matchplay

 

2022	EUR, PGAT	Scottie Scheffler	5	5	Kevin Kisner	29	33	4 and 3	2,100,000	12,000,000	Austin, Texas
2021	EUR, PGAT	Billy Horschel	32	34	Scottie Scheffler	30	32	2 and 1	1,820,000	10,500,000	Austin, Texas
2020	EUR, PGAT	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[17]
2019	EUR, PGAT	Kevin Kisner	48	50	Matt Kuchar	23	24	3 and 2	1,745,000	10,250,000	Austin, Texas
2018	EUR, PGAT	Bubba Watson	35	39	Kevin Kisner	32	36	7 and 6	1,700,000	10,000,000	Austin, Texas
2017	EUR, PGAT	Dustin Johnson	1	1	Jon Rahm	21	25	1 up	1,660,000	9,750,000	Austin, Texas
WGC-Dell Match Play
2016	EUR, PGAT	Jason Day (2)	2	2	Louis Oosthuizen	16	18	5 and 4	1,620,000	9,500,000	Austin, Texas
WGC-Cadillac Match Play
2015	EUR, PGAT	Rory McIlroy	1	1	Gary Woodland	50	52	4 and 2	1,570,000	9,250,000	Harding Park, California
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
2014	EUR, PGAT	Jason Day	8	11	Victor Dubuisson	27	30	23 holes	1,530,000	9,000,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2013	EUR, PGAT	Matt Kuchar	21	23	Hunter Mahan	23	25	2 and 1	1,500,000	8,750,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2012	EUR, PGAT	Hunter Mahan	21	22	Rory McIlroy	2	2	2 and 1	1,400,000	8,500,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2011	EUR, PGAT	Luke Donald	9	9	Martin Kaymer	2	2	3 and 2	1,400,000	8,500,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2010	EUR, PGAT	Ian Poulter	9	11	Paul Casey	6	8	4 and 2	1,400,000	8,500,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2009	EUR, PGAT	Geoff Ogilvy (2)	8	8	Paul Casey	23	23	4 and 3	1,400,000	8,500,000	Dove Mountain, Arizona
2008	EUR, PGAT	Tiger Woods (3)	1	1	Stewart Cink	22	22	8 and 7	1,350,000	8,000,000	The Gallery, Arizona
2007	EUR, PGAT	Henrik Stenson	9	9	Geoff Ogilvy	11	11	2 and 1	1,350,000	8,000,000	The Gallery, Arizona

 

 

They could also set up a combination of two qualifying rounds with top 16 being put into a bracket. There is much more potential with the small field than handicapping it. Do away with the notion that the winner of the last event has to be the overall Fed Ex winner. Like you said this is golf not basketball.

LOL, send Jay this stuff. 
 

None of it addresses the reality that the sponsors, players and Tour won’t be taking the grand finale of the season to a one-off match play event. 

[Dutch1008]

17 minutes ago, ASimmons said:

I love it. I also love the idea of rotating the designated events. Give John Deere that distinction, and it’s a great golf course.

I could be mistaken but I think the idea of rotating the designated events is now dead. 

[Dave230]

On 3/7/2023 at 11:48 PM, Dutch1008 said:

I like match play but it's not the most TV friendly format. There is a lot of dead time when you're down to the championship and 3rd place matches. What should be the crescendo of an event is mostly filled with walking down the fairway and lining up putts. Perhaps if the final groups we're miked up it'd make a difference.  

If they were mic’d up it would make a big difference. I don’t think there’s any problem with Matchplay with the right players. Mainly the presentation of the action. Have the cameras follow them around, deep insight into the hole they’re playing, the challenges they face. Get some chat going. Watch Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf, some of the 18 hole Matchplay and there was no issue with the format.

[subrew]

Article on GD with some commentary from "The Mules", including a current PAC member.

 

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/pga-tour-rank-and-file-criticize

 

The most telling quote, imo, is this one:

 

Quote

The PGA Tour Policy Board, which includes five players, approved the changes despite the objections of the majority of the 16-member PAC. “That’s because we have a PAC and then we have the secret PAC,” said one veteran player who spoke on background only and not for attribution. “The secret PAC is the group running things. And to be honest, they’re all about the present. They are trading the present for the future. We’ve always had this feeder system in which we provide playing opportunities and develop the next wave of star players. And, yeah, we’re still going to develop stars, but it might not happen as fast or as often. That’s not good.”

 

 

Edited March 9, 2023 by subrew

[jdl]

Finally some clarity on eligibility for the Tour in 2024 including the designated events, playoffs and status for the following season.

 

https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2023/03/30/details-on-pga-tour-s-eligibility-adjustments-for-2024

 

The top 70 players on the 2022-23 FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List will qualify for the first of three FedExCup Playoffs events, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, and be exempt into all Full-Field TOUR events for the following year. Qualifying for the Playoffs also ensures that a player will keep his card for the following season.

The top 50 players after the FedEx St. Jude Championship will advance to the second Playoffs event, the BMW Championship, and qualify for all Designated and Full-Field events for the following year. The Designated events are the eight events next year that will feature fields of 70-80 players and have elevated FedExCup points and purses.

The top 30 after the BMW Championship will qualify for the season-ending TOUR Championship. Qualifying for the TOUR Championship is an accomplishment that also comes with a two-year exemption on TOUR.

Players who finish outside the top 70 in the FedExCup will compete in the FedExCup Fall to retain their playing privileges. At the conclusion of the 2023 season, the top 125 on the FedExCup Fall Points List will retain their cards and be exempt into all Full-Field events in 2024, including THE PLAYERS Championship. Nos. 126-150 on the FedExCup Fall Points List will maintain conditional TOUR status.

Players who finish outside the top 70 in the FedExCup will retain their points from the Regular Season and compete in the Fall to stay inside the top 125. Nos. 51-70 in the FedExCup at the conclusion of the Playoffs will also retain their points entering the Fall and compete for spots in 2024’s early-season Designated events.