The Pebble Seashore Professional-Am will turn into a “signature” occasion on the 2024 US PGA Tour schedule launched on Monday whilst a merger framework settlement with LIV Golf stays unresolved.
The PGA Tour unveiled a line-up of 36 tournaments in a calendar-year schedule for the primary time since 2012, together with eight signature occasions, what have been termed designated occasions within the just-ended 2023 common season.
Prime gamers comparable to Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm have been required to play within the particular occasions or forfeit bonus cash, making certain showdowns of a lot of golf’s top-ranked stars all through the season at occasions past the foremost championships.
There was no signal of LIV Golf occasions in subsequent yr’s program regardless of the controversial merger plan introduced in June.
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The PGA Coverage Board, now with a majority of gamers after the addition of Tiger Woods, should ratify any settlement by the tip of the yr or the cope with the Saudi-back upstart circuit might collapse.
The Pebble Seashore Professional-Am will substitute the Phoenix Open on the listing of PGA signature occasions, which have increased prize cash and restricted fields. There will probably be some tweaks with some tournaments not having cuts and others trimming the sector after 36 holes.
The Sentry, AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am, RBC Heritage, Wells Fargo Championship or Vacationers Championship in addition to the three FedEx Cup Playoffs occasions is not going to function a minimize.
The PGA can also be scrapping a requirement which made it obligatory for prime gamers to play in signature occasions. This was a deeply unpopular inclusion within the 2023 program.
The Sentry, previously referred to as the Match of Champions, will function the season opener in Hawaii within the first week of January and be the primary signature occasion, adopted by Pebble Seashore in early February.
In a change to the Professional-Am format, amateurs will play alongside professionals within the first two rounds with solely professionals taking part in within the final two rounds at Pebble Seashore.
Different signature occasions embrace the Woods-hosted Genesis Invitational at Riviera in February, the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March at Bay Hill, the Heritage in April the week after the Masters, the Wells Fargo at Quail Hole two weeks earlier than the PGA Championship, the Memorial in June the week earlier than the US Open and the Vacationers Championship the week following the US Open.
The Genesis, Palmer and Memorial occasions will function a 36-hole minimize to the highest 50 and ties or anybody inside 10 strokes of the lead, with winners taking 20 per cent of whole prize cash, up from 18 per cent in different signature occasions.
Subsequent yr’s majors embrace the Masters on April 11-14 at Augusta Nationwide, the PGA Championship on Could 16-19 at Valhalla, the US Open on June 13-16 at Pinehurst and the British Open on July 18-21 at Royal Troon.
Paris Olympic Golf will probably be staged in early August with the PGA Tour season ending on August 8-11 on the Wyndham Championship, organising the FedEx Cup playoffs on the St. Jude Championship in Memphis, the BMW Championship at Fort Pines in Colorado and the Tour Championship in Atlanta.
A Fall 2024 schedule, which can finalise the 125 gamers for the 2025 PGA season, was not launched.
“We’re excited in regards to the rollout of the PGA Tour’s reimagined schedule and what the season will provide to our followers: a January begin with stars competing head-to-head extra usually, alongside the weekly drama of life-altering moments and the emergence of latest stars,” mentioned PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan.
Discipline sizes for signature occasions aside from the season opener are anticipated to be between 70 and 80 gamers, together with the highest 50 from the prior season standings and 15 members who can play their manner into the occasions.
2024 PGA Tour Schedule
January 4-7 2024: The Sentry, Kapalua, Hawaii
January 11-14: Sony Open in Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
January 18-21: The American Specific, La Quinta, California
January 24-27: Farmers Insurance coverage Open, La Jolla, California.
February 1-4: AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am, Pebble Seashore, California
February 8-11: WM Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Arizona
February 15-18: The Genesis Invitational, Pacific Palisades, California
February 22-25: Mexico Open at Vidanta, Vallarta, Mexico
February 28-March 3: The Basic in The Palm Seashores, Palm Seashore Gardens, Florida
March 7-10: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Orlando, Florida
March 7-10: Puerto Rico Open, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
March 14-17: The Gamers, Ponte Vedra Seashore, Florida
March 21-24: Valspar Championship, Palm Harbor, Florida
March 28-31: Texas Youngsters‘s Houston Open, Houston, Texas
April 4-7: Valero Texas Open, San Antonio, Texas
April 11-14: Masters Match, Augusta, Georgia
April 18-21: RBC Heritage, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
April 18-21: Corales Puntacana Championship, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
April 25-28: Zurich Basic of New Orleans, Avondale, Louisiana
Could 2-5: AT&T Byron Nelson, Dallas, Texas
Could 9-12: Wells Fargo Championship, Charlotte, North Carolina
Could 9-12: Myrtle Seashore Basic, Myrtle Seashore, South Carolina
Could 16-19: PGA Championship, Louisville, Kentucky
Could 23-26: Charles Schwab Problem, Fort Price, Texas
Could 30-June 2: RBC Canadian Open, Canada
June 6-9: Memorial Match, Dublin, Ohio
June 13-16: US Open, Pinehurst, North Carolina
June 20-23: Vacationers Championship, Cromwell, Connecticut
June 27-30: Rocket Mortgage Basic, Detroit, Michigan
July 4-7: John Deere Basic, Silvis, Illinois
July 11-14: Genesis Scottish Open, North Berwick, Scotland
July 11-14: Occasion, TBD
July 18-21: The Open, Troon, Scotland
July 18-21: Barracuda Championship, Truckee, California
July 25-28: 3M Open, Blaine, Minnesota
August 1-4: Males‘s Olympic Golf, Paris, France
August 8-11: Wyndham Championship, Greensboro, North Carolina
August 15-18: FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Memphis, Tennessee
August 22-25: BMW Championship, Fort Rock, Colorado
August 29-September 1:Tour Championship, Atlanta, Georgia