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More scheduling challenges await top players in 2026
ATLANTA – The PGA Tour's 35-event slate for 2026 had few surprises. The majors will remain major, the signature events will again dominate the landscape and everyone else, both non-signature tournaments and players, will continue to scramble for relevancy. Outside of Trump National Doral's return to the lineup – a somewhat curious move given the Blue Monster's status as a LIV Golf venue the last four years – next year's schedule looks much like this year's version and that is not entirely a good thing. While the expansion to nine signature events with the addition of the Miami Championship seemed inevitable given the success of the limited-field, big-money events, the return to Doral only compresses a schedule that was already as congested as Interstate-20 at rush hour. Consider one six-week stretch next spring features two majors (the Masters and PGA Championship) and three signature events (the RBC Heritage, Miami Championship and Truist Championship). For star players who were already looking for relief – not to mention tournaments like the CJ Cup Byron Nelson which now finds itself wedged between the Truist Championship, Charles Schwab Challenge and the Memorial, an invitational and signature event, respectively – next year's schedule is even more loaded with can't-miss stops. It's not just the star players who will feel more of a pinch in '26. Those players who will begin the year outside the top 50 on the FedExCup bubble will face a nine-week stretch from April to early June that includes just four full-field events, with two of those being the Zurich Classic (a two-man team event) and an opposite-field event that awards less than half the FedExCup points (300) than a signature event (700). There will be a similar crunch heading into the Florida swing with the Cognizant Classic framed by two signature events (the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Genesis Invitational) and the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship, yet another signature event and the Tour's flagship event, respectively. The Tour's new CEO Brian Rolapp, who is scheduled to meet with the media Wednesday at the Tour Championship, has probably already discovered the foolishness of trying to please everyone but it is noteworthy that next year's schedule doesn't seem to land with either the stars or journeymen. 'I look at it in the sense of if there's a particular golf course or there's something to where I don't feel like I can play well or it's a place that maybe doesn't fit my eye historically, whatever it may be, then as a professional golfer, I have a hard time [going],' Justin Thomas said. 'If there are places that I think people look at that way, then you have to do what's best for that particular person. Obviously, the perfect model would be for all of us to be at all the events as often as possible.' Whether the addition of Doral as a signature event was an inevitable expansion that could signal the Tour's long-term intent or a political reality is unclear, but it does further aggravate the fear of 'load management' for the game's top players. It is a fear that took on new life earlier this month when Rory McIlroy skipped the year's first playoff event in Memphis. Never mind that McIlroy appeared to strongly indicate following last year's FedEx St. Jude Championship that he would not be returning to TPC Southwind in 2025, or that he was the only player out of the 70 who qualified to skip the opener, the handwringing reached feverish levels. 'I'll always choose the schedule that best fits me, and this year that meant skipping a few signature events. I might skip less next year. I might skip the same amount, I don't know,' said McIlroy, who played five of this year's eight signature events. 'The luxury of being a PGA Tour player is we are free to pick and choose our schedule for the most part, and I took advantage of that this year and I'll continue to take advantage of that for as long as I can.' The working theory at East Lake is the Tour is considering making participation in all the signature events mandatory to be eligible for the Tour Championship, which would be another workaround that will likely be equally unpopular among the star players. To be clear, players are not against the kind of limited-field, big-money events that are becoming the norm on Tour. What they typically don't like, however, is the kind of scheduling that requires five starts in six weeks which is why professional golf's version of load management has become a legitimate concern. When the Tour first introduced signature events there was an attempt to leverage bonuses from the Player Impact Program with participation but that was met with mixed results. On this the independent contractors are surprisingly unified. Instead of trying to concoct a new way to mandate participation in top events the Tour would be better served by focusing on building a better schedule.
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PGA Tour returns to Doral in 2026, expands signature event series
The Blue Monster at Trump National Doral will return to the PGA Tour schedule for the first time in a decade and the circuit will expand its signature event slate to nine tournaments starting next year. The Tour announced the 2026 schedule on Tuesday with a few significant adjustments, including the return to Doral which had hosted an event since 1962 before the circuit left the Miami area in 2016. The Miami Championship will be played April 30-May 3, replacing the Mexico Open which will be moved to the fall portion of the schedule. Doral's Blue Monster had hosted a LIV Golf event beginning in 2022 through this year. The Tour season begins in Maui at The Sentry, the year's first signature event, Jan. 8-11 followed by the first full-field event at the Sony Open, The American Express and the Farmers Insurance Open. The WM Phoenix Open (Feb. 5-8) and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am switch order on next year's schedule followed by The Genesis Invitational, a signature event that was played at Torrey Pines last year due to the wildfires in Los Angeles but will return to Riviera Country Club in '26. The Florida swing remains unchanged – with the Cognizant Classic, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Players Championship and Valspar Championship in March – followed by the run-up to the Masters at the Texas Children's Houston Open and Valero Texas Open. The RBC Heritage, a signature event, is followed by the Zurich Classic, Miami Championship and the Truist Championship, which returns to Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C., after one year at Philadelphia Cricket Club. The PGA Championship, which will be played at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa., is preceded by the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and Charles Schwab Challenge in late May, a move that returns the two Dallas-area events to back-to-back weeks. The Memorial, the year's penultimate signature event, and RBC Canadian Open are followed by the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in New York June 28-31. The year's final signature event will again be the Travelers Championship (June 25-28), John Deere Classic (July 2-5) and Genesis Scottish Open (July 9-12) followed by The Open Championship, which will be played July 16-19 at Royal Birkdale in England. The Rocket Classic will move from late June to July 30-Aug. 2 next year and the Wyndham Championship (Aug. 6-9) will again be the final regular-season event. The first playoff event, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, will be played at TPC Southwind in Memphis Aug. 13-16 followed by the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 20-23 and the finale will be played at East Lake in Atlanta the final week of August. 'We're excited to showcase the game's greatest players competing at golf's most iconic venues,' said PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp. 'Inspired by our players and fans, we're accelerating the TOUR's evolution and ushering in a new era of innovation on and off the course.' Although the Tour announced in May it was returning to a more traditional format for the Tour Championship of 72-holes of stroke play with all players starting the tournament at even par in May, there had been some speculation that the circuit was considering a new format for the finale but according to Tuesday's announcement the format remains unchanged.
NBC Sports
11-08-2025
- NBC Sports
Sepp Straka (personal reasons), No. 5 in FedExCup, withdraws from BMW Championship
Sepp Straka has withdrawn from this week's BMW Championship, the second of three FedExCup playoff events, because of personal reasons. The Tour said that Straka, No. 5 in the FedExCup standings, was attending to a 'private family matter.' Straka's manager added in a statement that Straka intends to compete at next week's Tour Championship. Up to No. 10 in the world rankings, Straka has enjoyed the best season of his career, with two victories, including in a signature event at the Truist Championship. He is also likely to be a part of the European Ryder Cup team for the second time. The BMW features 2,000 points to the winner – quadruple the points of a regular PGA Tour victory – but Straka's position entering the penultimate event makes him a lock for the winner-take-all finale at East Lake. Because of the new FedExCup payout structure, any drop by Straka after this week could result in a significant loss of earnings. The top points-getter at the end of the BMW earns another $5 million in bonus money. Straka, at No. 5, would be in line for a $1.45 million bonus. Straka tied for 17th last week in the playoff opener in Memphis.
