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Sir Nick Faldo welcomed the PGA Tour’s plan to switch the Tour Championship to match play from 2028, calling it a much-needed shot of excitement and proposing four annual match-play events to form a true season-long series.
American golfer Matt Gogel received a six‑month PGA Tour suspension for betting on golf, though not on events he played in; the sanction runs Aug. 23 to Feb. 22, 2027. Gogel says it was an honest mistake, and he has two top‑10s in 2026 on the PGA Tour Champions, most recently finishing 30th at the Rogers Charity Classic in Calgary. He has earned over $760k on the Champions circuit and won the Pebble Beach Pro‑Am in 2002, his lone PGA Tour victory.
A Skratch report via Alan Shipnuck alleges that weeks after the Saudi PIF announced a five-year plan that excluded funding LIV Golf, LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil received a blunt phone call from Yasir Al-Rumayyan’s inner circle: “Shut it down. You’re not getting another dollar.” The claim also notes Al-Rumayyan hadn’t spoken directly to O’Neil for more than two months. With LIV wrapping its 2026 season and ongoing questions over its funding and future, players face decisions about staying with LIV or pursuing other options, while the PGA Tour has signaled it could welcome returning players only if they are fully freed from LIV contracts and tail obligations.
The PGA Tour on Wednesday unveiled its 2027 calendar: 36 tournaments (including the four majors) with Sony Open dropped, Pebble Beach moved to the week before the WM Phoenix Open, and one TBD date opposite the Genesis Invitational. The season runs Jan–Aug, culminating in a two-week FedExCup Playoff end in August, and marks the last year before a 2028 shift to a two-tier Championship and Challenger system. Eight signature events will not be consecutive, Cadillac Championship and Arnold Palmer Invitational sit around The Players, Valspar is moved earlier, and a new Sompo Napa Championship is added before the Greensboro finale (GO by Raymond James). The schedule mirrors much of this year’s layout despite several date shifts, with Pebble Beach hosting the U.S. Open this June and the season ending at East Lake.}
The 2027 PGA Tour calendar introduces a new season opener at The American Express, moves the Cadillac Championship to March, and includes two Pebble Beach stops (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach) while Hawaiian events are dropped, with the rest of the slate largely unchanged.
Brentley Romine simulates the PGA Tour’s revamped Championship Series Finale by dividing the top 32 into four-player pods, advancing two per group and then bracket-playing the rest with coin-flip results. Gary Woodland wins the inaugural Tour Championship match-play title, defeating MacIntyre in the final, with Lee third and McIlroy fourth; Scheffler fifth and Clark sixth illustrate the bracket outcome in the final standings.
Wyndham Clark brushed off accusations that he improved his lie with multiple practice swings on the 14th hole during the BMW Championship’s final round, saying he didn’t do anything to undermine the field’s integrity and that cameras will catch everything; he went on to win by three strokes, earning $3.6 million, as the Tour Championship looms at East Lake with a $10 million prize.
The PGA Tour announced a two-week, match-play finale for the Tour Championship beginning in 2028: the season ends with a 72-hole stroke-play finale among the top 90 to determine who advances to the Tour Championship, the top 32 earning entry, followed by a Week 1 group stage (eight groups of four) producing 16 finalists who then play four rounds of match play in Week 2 to crown the champion; Tiger Woods welcomed the change, and more details are to be announced in 2027.
Rory McIlroy praised the PGA Tour's plan to make the 2028 Tour Championship a two-week, two-venue matchplay event, a format the Tour says responds to fan demand. The change marks a shift from the current stroke-play FedExCup playoffs, with a $40 million purse at stake across the two events.
Rory McIlroy praised the PGA Tour's plan to move the Tour Championship to a two-week, match-play format in 2028, calling it a bold ‘big swing’ that fans have wanted and applauding the idea of separating the season-long champion from the Tour Championship. He highlighted the potential to host iconic, historic courses with a smaller crowd footprint, mentioning Merion, the Olympic Club, and Baltusrol as possibilities (Pine Valley was noted as a dream but unlikely). While he has a minor worry about engagement in the loser's bracket, the overall sentiment is positive, emphasizing greater postseason stakes and TV appeal through a format that could reframe the Tour’s finale.
PGA Tour commissioner Brian Rolapp says there are no current plans to reintroduce LIV golfers through the Returning Member Program, which previously offered a 2026 path with eligibility tied to participation in 15 cosponsored events and a $5 million charity donation; Koepka was the only LIV defector to accept the offer, while LIV's broader future remains uncertain as talks with investors continue.
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said there are no current plans to fast-track LIV Golf players back onto the tour or reopen the ‘returning members’ pathway; players must be completely free of LIV obligations before discussions, as the Tour moves toward a two-tier model while upholding its rules and integrity.
A Callaway ad for a new co-branded driver featuring Good Good personalities shows Garrett Clark shoulder-checking Alexis Miestowski, provoking backlash that led to the ad being pulled; both Good Good and Callaway issued apologies. PGA Tour chief Brian Rolapp criticized the initial response as lacking accountability and indicated it could affect the Good Good Championship and future partnerships, illustrating a broader fight between internet-driven golf personalities and golf’s traditional, conservative brand.
The PGA Tour is reshaping its season finale into a three-week structure for 2028: a regular-season Series Finale stroke-play event for the top 90, followed by a standalone two-week Tour Championship held at rotating venues. The Tour Championship features Week 1’s round-robin group stage (32 players) and Week 2’s 16-player knockout bracket in match play to crown the year-end champion, with a new Challenger Series handling promotion and relegation.
Starting in 2028, the PGA Tour will replace the FedEx Cup-style playoffs with a two-week, match-play Tour Championship for the top 32 players after a 90-man stroke-play season, with venues rotating annually. Week one features World Cup-style group play (eight groups of four; top two advance; ties decided by playoff), and week two crowns the champion via a four-round, 16-player single-elimination bracket, with all players continuing to play to determine final standings. The move, driven by CEO Brian Rolapp and a Futures Competition Committee, is part of broader changes including a two-tier Championship Series and sponsor-shaping shifts intended to boost interest and global appeal.