PGA TOUR Makes Huge Schedule Changes (cuts down TPC Boston event)
The PGA TOUR schedule has long been a complicated point of contention. Something’s always wrong. It either wraps around in a dumb way or it cuts into the start of football season or places events at shitty venues or snubs places that shouldn’t be snubbed. Most week’s it’s solid, but there’s always something wrong so they’re constantly tweaking it and today we got the most recent tweak.
Here are the bullet points.
- The PGA Championship moves from August to May (we knew this)
– The PLAYERS Championship moves from May to March (we knew this)
– FedEx Cup cut from 4 events down to 3
– Elimination of the annual TPC Boston event (will join the existing rotation of NYC-area Northern Trust stops)
– Adding Detroit and Minnesota events
Here’s next year’s full schedule.
Oct. 4-7: Safeway Open (Silverado Resort & Spa, Napa, Calif.)
Oct. 11-14: CIMB Classic (TPC Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Oct. 18-21: CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges (Nine Bridges, Jeju Island, Korea)
Oct. 25-28: WGC-HSBC Champions (Sheshan International GC, Shanghai, China)
Oct. 25-28: Sanderson Farms Championship (CC of Jackson, Jackson, Miss.)
Nov. 1-4: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nev.)
Nov. 8-11: Mayakoba Golf Classic (El Camaleon GC, Playa del Carmen, Mexico)
Nov. 15-18: RSM Classic (Sea Island Resort, St. Simons Island, Ga.)
Jan. 3-6: Sentry Tournament of Champions (Kapalua Resort, Kapalua, Hawaii)
Jan. 10-13: Sony Open (Waialae CC, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Jan. 17-20: CareerBuilder Challenge (PGA West and La Quinta CC, La Quinta, Calif.)
Jan. 24-27: Farmers Insurance Open (Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, Calif.)
Jan 31-Feb. 3: Waste Management Phoenix Open (TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Feb. 7-10: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula, Pebble Beach, Calif.)
Feb. 14-17: Genesis Open (Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Feb. 21-24: WGC-Mexico Championship (Club de Golf Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico)
Feb. 21-24: Puerto Rico Open (Coco Beach CC, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico)
Feb. 28-March 3: Honda Classic (PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.)
March 7-10: Arnold Palmer Invitational (Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Fla.)
March 14-17: Players Championship (TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.)
March 21-24: Valspar Championship (Innisbrook Resort, Palm Harbor, Fla.)
March 28-31: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play (Austin CC, Austin, Texas)
April 4-7: Valero Texas Open (TPC San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas)
April 11-14: Masters Tournament (Augusta National GC, Augusta, Ga.)
April 18-21: RBC Heritage (Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, S.C.)
April 25-28: Zurich Classic (TPC Louisiana, Avondale, La.)
May 2-5: Wells Fargo Championship (Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, N.C.)
May 9-12: AT&T Byron Nelson (Trinity Forest GC, Dallas)
May 16-19: PGA Championship (Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale, N.Y.)
May 23-26: Charles Schwab Challenge (Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas)
May 30-June 2: The Memorial Tournament (Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio)
June 6-9: RBC Canadian Open (Hamilton CC, Hamilton, Ontario)
June 13-16: U.S. Open (Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, Calif.)
June 20-23: Travelers Championship (TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.)
June 27-30: Rocket Mortgage Classic (Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, Mich.)
July 4-7: 3M Open (TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn.)
July 11-14: John Deere Classic (TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.)
July 18-21: The Open (Royal Portrush GC, Portrush, Northern Ireland)
July 18-21: Barbasol Championship (Keene Trace GC, Nicholasville, Ky.)
July 25-28: WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational (TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.)
July 25-28: Reno-Tahoe Tournament (Montreux CC, Reno, Nev.)
Aug. 1-4: Wyndham Championship (Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, N.C.)
Aug. 8-11: The Northern Trust (Liberty National GC, Jersey City, N.J.)
Aug. 15-18: BMW Championship (Medinah CC, Medinah, Ill.)
Aug. 22-25: Tour Championship (East Lake GC, Atlanta, Ga.)
Some thoughts from me.
One, The PLAYERS in March will be fantastic. Tournament always has a bit of a major championship feel and now we don’t have to go from the Ryder Cup all the way to April to feel like we’ve got a big event.
Two, the PGA at Bethpage in May is going to be dicey. There was barely grass there in May this year. It was an extended winter but still. No guarantees there and it will be a VERY difference experience from the scorching hot mid-Augusta PGAs we’ve come to know.
Three, big fan of the Minnesota and Detroit events. I like those places.
Four, no TPC Boston event every year sucks. I love that event. And as much as I’m not a Boston sports fan, I do love Boston. It is the center of the beginning of America and having the PGA TOUR swing by every Labor Day is a staple. It’s a real shame and a real miss by the TOUR that Boston will no longer have that.
Bummer.
