In response to LIV Golf, the PGA Tour on Wednesday announced changes to its schedule and tournament prize money.
The PGA Tour will move to a calendar-year schedule — with its main season running from January to August — from one that goes from mid-September to late August and culminates with the three-tournament FedEx Cup playoffs. That season-ending competition will not change under the new schedule, though field sizes for the first two playoff tournaments will shrink.
Under the new format, the fall schedule will consist of two types of tournaments: three domestic events for players who do not qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs and are looking to secure their playing privileges for the next season, and up to three international events with limited fields, no cuts and guaranteed prize money. Those smaller tournaments will consist of the top 50 players from the final FedEx Cup points standings and the top performers at the domestic fall tournaments.
While the PGA Tour will move to a calendar-year schedule starting in 2024, the first events of its new fall series will take place in 2023 and offer stronger fields than the current fall tournaments, which are routinely skipped by the sport’s top players.While field sizes for the first two FedEx Cup playoff tournaments will shrink, their purses will grow by $5 million each, from $15 million to $20 million.
, but LIV waited until minutes after Monahan’s news conference had begun Wednesday to make it official.
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