CROMWELL, Conn. – The PGA Tour unveiled a new competitive structure on Tuesday that will begin in 2028 and feature a two-tiered system – a Championship Series for the game’s elite players and a Challenger Series that will be the primary pathway to the upper track.
The Championship Series will feature 23-24 events, including the four major championships, The Players Championship, the Presidents Cup or Ryder Cups and a reimagined playoff. According to a press release, the Tour has an initial set of 10 regular season Championship Series events, which are likely some combination of existing signature events and new events. The full 2028 schedule is expected to be announced early next year.
“The remaining events will either be filled by existing events or new markets under consideration such as Boston, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.,” the press release read.
The Tour policy boards approved the new competitive model on Monday, including a reimagined postseason that will involve some version of match play and a rotation of courses for the Tour Championship, which has been played at East Lake in Atlanta since 2004.
Championship Series events will feature 120-player fields with a 36-hole cut and $20 million purses, while the Challenger Series will include 20 events with 144-players fields with a 36-hole cut and $4 million purses. The new model doesn’t include any midseason promotion opportunities to the Championship Series, like the current Tour system via the Aon points lists, but any players who wins multiple times on the Challenger Series in a single season would earn immediate status into Championship Series events.
The Championship Series will feature 23-24 events, including the four major championships, The Players Championship, the Presidents Cup or Ryder Cups and a reimagined playoff. According to a press release, the Tour has an initial set of 10 regular season Championship Series events, which are likely some combination of existing signature events and new events. The full 2028 schedule is expected to be announced early next year.
“The remaining events will either be filled by existing events or new markets under consideration such as Boston, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.,” the press release read.
The Tour policy boards approved the new competitive model on Monday, including a reimagined postseason that will involve some version of match play and a rotation of courses for the Tour Championship, which has been played at East Lake in Atlanta since 2004.
Championship Series events will feature 120-player fields with a 36-hole cut and $20 million purses, while the Challenger Series will include 20 events with 144-players fields with a 36-hole cut and $4 million purses. The new model doesn’t include any midseason promotion opportunities to the Championship Series, like the current Tour system via the Aon points lists, but any players who wins multiple times on the Challenger Series in a single season would earn immediate status into Championship Series events.
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