THE PGA Tour announces sweeping changes to its competitive structure, approving a two-tier system with promotion and relegation to take effect in 2028.<\/p>\n
The elite-tier PGA Tour \u200cChampionship Series will run from February to August and feature 23 or 24 events with US$20mil purses, while the US$4mil events on the Challenger Series will provide a path for players to earn their way to the top level.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt its core, this work was driven by a simple objective: To build the best version of the PGA Tour, something that could endure and outlive us all,\u201d PGA Tour chief executive officer Brian Rolapp told a press conference in Cromwell, Connecticut, ahead of this week\u2019s Travelers Championship.<\/p>\n
The Championship Series will include the four majors, the Players Championship, season-ending events and team events such as the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup.<\/p>\n
It will feature 120 players, on average, and will be contested as 72-hole stroke play events with a 36-hole cut.<\/p>\n
The new structure introduces true promotion and relegation, with a minimum of 90 players retained on the Championship Series and 20 promoted from the Challenger Series each season.<\/p>\n
Tiger Woods, making his first public appearance since his driving under the influence charge in March, was part of the nine-member committee that recommended the changes and introduced Rolapp at the press conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to look forward and beyond today and over the horizon to set up the PGA Tour and our sport for the future generations of players and fans,\u201d Woods said.<\/p>\n
Rolapp said there were new markets under consideration for the events yet to be filled on the Championship Series, including Boston, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington.<\/p>\n
Full eligibility criteria will be finalised by the PGA Tour later this year, including select additional exemptions for tournament winners, medical extensions and career milestones. There will be no sponsor exemptions.<\/p>\n
The Challenger Series, which will run concurrently to the Championship Series, \u200c will have a minimum of 20 events and feature emerging talent along with players fighting their way back to the top. Fields will be filled to 144 players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE PGA Tour announces sweeping changes to its competitive structure, approving a two-tier system with promotion and relegation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[11500,1443,1339,10243,10242,11501,11499,144,7918,11498,1142],"class_list":["post-28481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bmw-championship","tag-2028-changes","tag-bmw-championship","tag-brian-rolapp","tag-challenger-series","tag-championship-series","tag-elite-tier-events","tag-future-generations","tag-pga-tour","tag-promotion","tag-relegation","tag-tiger-woods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}