PGA Tour 2024 schedule: Signature Events $4M facelifts, no-cut fields

The PGA Tour introduced its 2024 schedule Monday, as golf followers will see large modifications subsequent season.

As part of the 31-week schedule, there can be eight “Signature Occasions,” re-named from the “Designated Occasions” applied through the 2022-23 season.

These Signature Occasions will function limited-field tournaments, roughly 70-to-80 gamers. Elevated prize cash can be out there, and 700 FedEx Cup factors will go to the winner. 5 of those eight tournaments won’t function a 36-hole lower.

They’re listed under, with an asterisk indicating a non-cut occasion:

1. The Sentry, Plantation Course at Kapalua (Jan. 4-7)*

2. AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am, Pebble Seaside Golf Hyperlinks (Feb. 1-4)*

3. The Genesis Invitational, Riviera Nation Membership (Feb. 15-18)

4. Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bay Hill Membership & Lodge (Mar. 7-10)

5. RBC Heritage, Harbour City Golf Hyperlinks (Apr. 18-21)*

6. Wells Fargo Championship, Quail Hole Nation Membership (Could 6-12)*

7. The Memorial Event, Muirfield Village Golf Membership (Jun. 3-9)

8. Vacationers Championship, TPC River Highlands (Jun. 17-23)*

The player-hosted invitationals, The Genesis Invitational hosted by Tiger Woods; The Arnold Palmer Invitational; and the Memorial Event hosted by Jack Nicklaus, will function 70-to-80 gamers and have a 36-hole lower. These three tournaments will even see a redistribution of prize cash, allocating 20 p.c to the winner ($4 million), up from 18 p.c.

After Friday’s spherical, the highest 50 gamers will make the weekend at these three occasions. A ten-shot rule will even be applied.

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The Sentry at Kapalua, the opening match of the yr, will function PGA Tour winners from the earlier calendar yr and people 50 gamers that qualify for the 2023 BMW Championship, the second occasion within the FedExCup Playoffs.

From that time ahead, tour officers have created “Subsequent 10” and “Swing 5,” permitting gamers who transfer up the FedEx Cup standings to qualify for the opposite seven Signature Occasions. Those who qualify for the BMW Championship and the opposite 15 members from the Subsequent 10 and Swing 5 will comprise the remaining seven fields.

“The Subsequent 10 represents the highest 10 members, not in any other case exempt, from the FedExCup standings,” per the PGA Tour’s launch. “The Swing 5 consists of the highest 5 FedExCup factors earners, not in any other case exempt, from the swing of full-field and extra occasions previous every Signature Occasion.”

The PGA Tour additionally offered a timeline for the Subsequent 10 and the Swing 5 for the seven Signature Occasions exterior The Sentry.

It shifts each month, which means gamers could have the chance to leap into and fall out of the seven remaining Signature Occasions.

As an example, on the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am, the Subsequent 10 embody these gamers who completed within the prime 10 of the ultimate 2023 FedExCup Fall standings. The Swing 5 would be the prime 5 FedExCup factors earners not in any other case exempt from the Sony Open in Hawaii, The American Categorical, and the Farmers Insurance coverage Open, the three tournaments instantly earlier than the tour returns to Pebble Seaside.

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Two weeks later, for the Genesis Invitational, an identical formulation applies to the one used for the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am. The one distinction is that the Waste Administration Phoenix Open is included for calculating the Swing 5.

The tour then shifts to Florida in March, the place the Arnold Palmer Invitational highlights the Florida Swing.

The Arnold Palmer Invitational discipline will embody these 50 gamers that certified for the 2023 BMW Championship. It is going to additionally embody the Subsequent 10 highest gamers within the present FedEx Cup standings by way of the Traditional in The Palm Seashores, held Feb. 29-Mar. 3. The Swing 5 will function prime FedExCup factors earners not in any other case exempt from the Mexico Open at Vidanta and The Traditional in The Palm Seashores.

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Following The Masters, the highest 70-to-80 gamers will head to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, for the RBC Heritage.

The Subsequent 10 will function these subsequent 10 gamers within the present FedExCup standings by way of the Masters Event. The Swing 5 will embody the highest 5 FedExCup factors earners not in any other case exempt from the Puerto Rico Open, the Valspar Championship, the Texas Kids’s Houston Open, and Valero Texas Open.

The PGA Tour returns to Quail Hole Nation Membership in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the Wells Fargo Championship from Could 9-12.

The Subsequent 10 will function these subsequent 10 gamers from the present FedExCup standings by way of AT&T Byron Nelson, which can be held Could 2-5. The Swing 5 will function the highest FedExCup factors earners from the Corales Puntacana Championship, the Zurich Traditional of New Orleans, and the AT&T Byron Nelson.

Then, in June, the Memorial Event strikes again per week as it is going to be contested the week earlier than the U.S. Open.

It swaps locations with the RBC Canadian Open.

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On the Memorial, together with the highest 50 finishers within the 2022-23 FedEx Cup standings, the Subsequent 10 will function these subsequent ten gamers from the present FedExCup standings by way of RBC Canadian Open. The Swing 5 can be these prime FedExCup factors earners from the inaugural Myrtle Seaside Traditional, the Charles Schwab Problem, and the RBC Canadian Open.

Then, instantly following the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina, the PGA Tour shifts to Connecticut for the Vacationers Championship, which means the third main of the season is sandwiched between two Signature Occasions.

On the Vacationers Championship, which can be held from Jun. 20-23, the Subsequent 10 will embody these ten gamers from the present FedExCup standings by way of U.S. Open. The Swing 5 will include the highest FedExCup factors earners from the identical three tournaments wanted for the Memorial.

As soon as the Signature Occasions conclude, the Tour could have the identical playoff construction as in 2023, which can once more start in August.

The Prime 70 gamers within the FedEx Cup standings qualify for the primary playoff occasion in Memphis.

From there, the highest 50 will head to Colorado for the BMW Championship.

Then, the 2024 season concludes with the highest 30 within the FedEx Cup standings going to Atlanta for the Tour Championship at East Lake.

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