PGA TOUR
announces
expanded
schedule
of 49
events
for
2019-20
Season
The
opening
segment
features
two new
events
along
with a
return
of
A
Military
Tribute
at the
Greenbrier
and
Houston
Open to
the
schedule
PONTE
VEDRA
BEACH,
FLORIDA
– The
PGA TOUR
has
announced
an
expanded
2019-20
Season
schedule
of 49
FedExCup
tournaments,
featuring
a
dramatically
changed
opening
segment
and
several
late-season
adjustments
to
accommodate
the 2020
Summer
Olympic
Games in
Tokyo.
The
schedule
reflects
a net
increase
of three
tournaments
over the
current
season.
Eleven
of the
46
Regular
Season
events
will be
conducted
in the
opening
portion
of the
schedule
between
September-
November.
This
segment
includes
two new
tournaments
in The
ZOZO
CHAMPIONSHIP
in Japan
and the
Bermuda
Championship,
plus the
return
of A
Military
Tribute
at the
Greenbrier
and the
Houston
Open
following
one-year
absences
due to
their
transition
from
2018
mid-season
dates.
Later in
the
season,
the TOUR
will
have an
open
week
during
the
men’s
Olympic
competition
(week of
July
27-August
2)
before
resuming
with the
Wyndham
Championship
and
three
FedExCup
Playoffs
events.
Several
changes
also
have
been
made
leading
up to
the
Olympics,
most
notably:
the
Rocket
Mortgage
Classic
in
Detroit
moving
one
month
earlier
to late
May; and
the
World
Golf
Championships-
FedEx
St. Jude
Invitational
and
Barracuda
Championship
shifting
from
late
July to
the
first
week of
the
month,
exchanging
dates
with the
3M Open
in
Blaine,
Minnesota.
“After a
very
successful
first
year
with our
new
schedule,
we are
thrilled
to
expand
the
number
of
events
to 49
while
maintaining
a great
flow
from
start-to-finish,
allowing
our fans
to
better
engage
and
follow
the TOUR
throughout
the
season,”
said PGA
TOUR
Commissioner
Jay
Monahan.
“For the
second
year,
we’re
excited
about
kicking
off the
Season
of
Championships
with THE
PLAYERS
in
March,
bookended
by
the
FedExCup
Playoffs
in
August,
and the
return
of the
Olympics
in that
window.
As for
the
early-season
portion
of the
schedule,
our
players
grasp
the
importance
of a
strong
start in
the Race
for the
FedExCup
and this
has
translated
into
growth
and
momentum
for the
events
played
in the
fall.”
With the
PGA TOUR
season
now
ending
in
August
at the
TOUR
Championship,
the
2019-20
season
will
open the
week of
September
9-15
with A
Military
Tribute
at the
Greenbrier.
The
Sanderson
Farms
Championship
follows
with its
first-ever
standalone
date
(September
16-22),
before
the TOUR
moves on
to the
Safeway
Open,
Shriners
Hospitals
for
Children
Open and
Houston
Open.
The TOUR
then
embarks
on a
three-tournament
Asian
swing,
beginning
October
14-20
with THE
CJ CUP
@ NINE
BRIDGES
at Jeju
Island,
Korea.
The ZOZO
CHAMPIONSHIP
debuts
at
Accordia
Golf
Narashino
Country
Club in
Chiba
Prefecture
October
21-27,
followed
by the
World
Golf
Championships-HSBC
Champions
in
Shanghai,
China,
the week
of
October
28-November
3, which
also
marks
the
debut of
the
Bermuda
Championship
at Port
Royal
Golf
Club in
Southampton.
Following
a week
off, the
TOUR
continues
the 2019
segment
at the
Mayakoba
Golf
Classic
in Playa
del
Carmen,
Mexico
(November
11-17)
before
concluding
with The
RSM
Classic.
While
that
marks
the end
of
FedExCup
competition
until
the
first
week of
January
2020,
the 13th
Presidents
Cup
returns
to The
Royal
Melbourne
Golf
Club in
Australia
the week
of
December
9-15. It
was
there
that the
International
Team
claimed
its lone
victory
over the
U.S.
Team in
1998.
Once the
TOUR
resumes
in
January
in
Hawaii,
the
scheduling
sequence
remains
unchanged
from the
current
season
until
the
Rocket
Mortgage
Classic’s
move
from the
last
week of
June to
May
25-31.
The
next
four
weeks
remain
the same
before
the move
of the
WGC-FedEx
St. Jude
Invitational
and
Barracuda
Championship
to
June-29-July
5 and
the 3M
Open to
July
20-26,
the week
before
the
Olympic
competition.
Following
the
Olympic
Games,
the
Regular
Season
wraps up
at the
Wyndham
Championship
(August
3-
9),
where
not only
the
FedExCup
Playoffs
field
will be
finalized,
but the
added
drama of
the
season-long
Wyndham
Rewards
Top 10
will be
determined.
Introduced
this
season,
the $10
million
competition
caps the
Regular
Season
by
rewarding
the 10
leaders
in
FedExCup
points,
with $2
million
going to
the
winner.
Due to
the off
week for
the
Olympics,
the
FedExCup
Playoffs
will
begin
one week
later
and
conclude
the
final
week of
August:
THE
NORTHERN
TRUST
August
10-16;
BMW
Championship
August
17-23;
and the
TOUR
Championship
August
24-30.
The
FedExCup
Playoffs
wrap up
the
Season
of
Championships,
which
begins
with THE
PLAYERS
Championship
(March
9-15)
and
continues
through
the
Masters
Tournament
(April
6-12);
PGA
Championship
(May
11-17);
U.S.
Open
(June
15-21);
and The
Open
Championship
(July
13-19).
Several
new or
familiar
venues
are
included
during
this
stretch,
beginning
with the
PGA
Championship
visiting
TPC
Harding
Park in
San
Francisco,
the U.S.
Open
returning
to
Winged
Foot
Golf
Club in
Mamaroneck,
New
York,
and The
Open
Championship
going to
Royal
St.
George’s
Golf
Club in
Sandwich,
England.
Additionally,
THE
NORTHERN
TRUST
will be
held for
the
first
time in
the
Boston
market
at TPC
Boston
in
Norton,
Massachusetts,
while
the BMW
Championship
will
visit
Olympia
Fields
Country
Club in
suburban
Chicago.
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PGA TOUR
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giving.
In 2018,
tournaments
across
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Tours
generated
a record
$190
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and
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bringing
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