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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour wants to double the number of signature events and expand fields to 120 players with a 36-hole cut as it looks to overhaul its competitive model to bring the best players together on the best golf courses in big markets.
It also would lead to two tracks of tournaments — some two dozen elite events and the rest of the tournaments that would be geared toward promotion.
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Missing from CEO Brian Rolapp’s news conference on Wednesday were several key details, and he emphasized that nothing has been finalized.
“It is by no means a baked cake,” Rolapp said. “These are simple areas we are starting to see a meaningful consensus.”
This was pulling back the curtain on the work of the Future Competition Committee, which Rolapp created in August and appointed Tiger Woods as chairman.
Rolapp spoke before more than 1,000 people at PGA Tour headquarters, all with various stakes in the game, from corporate and television partners, player managers, tournament officials and executives of other golf organizations. Hundreds of them watched from the railing on the second and third floors.
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He built his presentation around six themes — a season from late January to September, 120-man fields, a big opener on the West Coast at a famous golf course, finding bigger media markets, meritocracy and a more dramatic finish to the season.
One possibility was introducing a form of match play at the Tour Championship or throughout the postseason to provide “win or go home” moments. Television partners have favored match play, though top players have questioned why golf should have stroke play all year and have a different format for the biggest prize.
Rolapp said some changes could be introduced as early as 2027, though he would not expect the finished product until 2028 at the earliest.
The push toward bigger markets — the PGA Tour is not consistently in New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington, San Francisco and Philadelphia — and a splashy start to the season have been in the works for months.
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The key element from this early look was the 120-man fields…
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Author : DOUG FERGUSON
Publish date : 2026-03-11 17:52:00
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