There is a plan now. A real one, pointed in the right direction, built with the right people in mind. After years of managed stasis, there is movement. That it took this long is the indictment. That it’s finally here is the story.
Dressed in a navy suit, Woods watched from the side of the room with outgoing PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan as Rolapp detailed the extensive planned changes to the PGA Tour’s structure.
Starting in 2028, the tour will look fundamentally different with two co-existing series, real promotion and relegation, a re-imagined postseason and a schedule built around markets the tour has mostly ignored.
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.
Events moved faster than the calendar reveals, decisions cascading in real time rather than according to any plan, with one person ultimately making the call.
As if there hasn’t been enough upheaval in professional golf, news emerged last week about the possibility of a future 20-odd tournament schedule for the PGA Tour – a model that could cut the current number of events the tour holds roughly in half. You have questions, we have… well, we have a lot of questions, too, but also some answers. We do our best to explain what exactly is going on.
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…
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