Jack Nicklaus believes the PGA Tour’s increasingly crowded schedule could hurt both players and tournaments. Speaking ahead of the Memorial Tournament, the 18-time major champion warned that a run of signature events and major championships leaves little time for players to recover, increasing the risk of burnout and injury.
The PGA Tour sent a survey to tour and Korn Ferry Tour players regarding the upcoming distance rollback. And one question signals a potential breakaway from the tour and golf’s traditional rules-making bodies.
The PGA Tour eliminated 4 percent of its total workforce overnight, Australian time, in widespread layoffs, which new chief executive Brian Rolapp explained in a memo to staff.
Asked if LIV players would be offered a direct path back, a la Brooks Koepka, Rolapp was non-committal, only acknowledging that the tour is actively “thinking about it”.
New PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp outlined sweeping potential changes to the tour’s future, including a two-tier competition structure, larger markets on the schedule and possible playoff shake-ups.
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp has revealed the tour is exploring match play for the postseason, potentially transforming the Tour Championship into a dramatic win-or-go-home finale.
Harris English is playing in the RSM Classic for the 14th time. The 11th-ranked player in the world hasn’t played since the Ryder Cup nearly two months ago, but he lives near Sea Island Golf Club and figured he’d show up again and see what he has in the proverbial tank. RELATED: Here’s everything they’re Read more…
Newly-minted PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp has enlisted Australia’s Adam Scott and Tiger Woods with building the “best professional golf model” as part of a new consortium that the former NFL executive dubbed the Future Competition Committee.
Viewed through the prism of Brian Rolapp’s press conference in Atlanta on Wednesday morning, the 2026 PGA Tour schedule that was released on Tuesday could be the last that resembles a familiar make-up in its order and competitive model.
Beneath the surface of the new PGA Tour chief executive’s first major address lay an unmistakable message: sweeping changes are inevitable, and he won’t hesitate to dismantle the current structure if it ultimately makes his league stronger.
Among the things that’ve stood out to four of the PGA Tour’s brightest stars about incoming CEO Brian Rolapp has an impressive background, and he’s said all the right things.
The PGA Tour announced a seismic shift in its leadership structure Tuesday, naming NFL veteran Brian Rolapp as chief executive officer of both the tour and PGA Tour Enterprises. You have questions, we have (some) answers. Here is what you need to know about the tour’s leadership transition:
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