As the PGA Tour implements a new two-series scheduling structure in 2028, its new-look Tour Championship is primed to become one of golf’s most lucrative VIP experiences.
The PGA Tour’s new postseason “will introduce match play and a reimagined Tour Championship that will rotate among prestigious venues,” CEO Brian Rolapp said Tuesday, including courses the tour has never visited before.
Using a variety of formats over the years, the tour’s season finale has been held at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta since 2004 and, since 2007, has concluded the FedExCup Playoffs. Last year, champion Tommy Fleetwood won $10 million from the stand stroke-play tournament’s $40 million purse.
While no specific future courses were named, many golf fans’ minds immediately went to highly ranked, ultra-private clubs like Pine Valley (New Jersey), Cypress Point (California), and Seminole (Florida), as well as top-tier public resorts like Bandon Dunes (Oregon) that are in remote locations, making it difficult to support highly attended tournaments.
“Our team’s collective brains are really excited about what we can produce in the new Tour Championship format that Brian talked about,” PGA Tour chief commercial officer Dhruv Prasad told Front Office Sports on Wednesday. “Not just because of the drama that match play will create, but also this opportunity to get onto courses that fans may not have seen on the PGA Tour in the past.”
