The PGA Tour is moving forward with plans to implement a new two-series structure in 2028 that will shake up many of the golf circuit’s long-held traditions.
Taking place roughly from February through August, a new PGA Tour Championship Series will feature top players competing for purses of at least $20 million per event, fields of 120 players on average, and a 36-hole cut for the top 65 players and ties.
Running concurrently to the Championship Series will be a second-tier PGA Tour Challenger Series. Those events will have purses of at least $4 million, fields filled out to 144 players, and also a 36-hole cut for the top 65 players and ties.
There will be annual promotion and relegation between the two series. Championship Series players are not required to compete in all top-tier events, but they will not be allowed to compete in Challenger Series tournaments.
The names of the new series are working titles and could be changed, especially if a sponsor were to come on board and buy a lucrative naming-rights package.
