SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — One week before the PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp is expected to give an update on efforts to dramatically shift the future structure of the tour’s playing schedule, Rory McIlroy questioned the pending changes.
“As they’ve done all this work, you start to realize that the way the tour was before LIV came along was actually pretty good,” McIlroy said Tuesday during his pre-tournament press conference ahead of the U.S. Open. “It was a pretty good structure, and everything sort of worked pretty well.”
The PGA Tour is targeting 2028 to fully revamp its annual schedule, moving to what Rolapp has described as a first- and second-track model.
“Track 2 is a glorified Korn Ferry event,” said McIlroy, referring to the PGA Tour’s feeder league, the Korn Ferry Tour. “That’s what Track 2 is going to be.”
The new Track 1 will likely incorporate 12-16 top-tier PGA Tour events, in addition to the four major championships, the Players Championship, PGA Tour playoff events—and the biennial Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup.
