Quantarius said:

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_lefraud_ said:

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Here is my rough draft of what 2028 could look like. The Olympics definitely throws a wrench into the schedule:

February 3 - 6th: Waste Management (Phoenix)
February 10 - 13th: Pebble Beach Pro-Am
February 17 - 20th: Genesis Invitational (Los Angeles)
March 2 - 5th: Arnold Palmer Invitational (Orlando)
March 9 - 12th: Cadillac Championship (Miami)
March 16 - 19th: The Players Championship
March 30 - April 2nd: Texas Event (San Antonio)
April 6 - 9th: Masters
April 13 - 16th: RBC Heritage (Hilton Head)
April 27 - 30th: Colonial (Fort Worth)
May 4 - 7th: Truist Championship (Charlotte)
May 11 - 14th: New Event (Seattle)
May 18 - 21st: PGA Championship (San Francisco)
June 1 - 4th: The Memorial
June 8 - 11th: New Event (Philadelphia)
June 15 - 18th: US Open (New York)
June 29 - July 2nd: Travelers (Hartford)
July 6 - 9th: Canadian Open
July 19 - 29th: Olympics (Los Angeles)
August 3 - 6th: Open Championship
August 17 - 20th: New/Playoff Event (Boston)
August 23 - 27th: Tour Championship (Denver?)
December 1 - 3rd: Presidents Cup (Australia)

The bolded events are all but set in stone. Colonial has hosted a tournament every year since 1946, and with it's ties to Hogan, I just can't see it falling off the championship schedule. San Antonio started hosting tournaments since 1922 but has missed several years in between...but they'll need a primer for The Masters and luckily, the tour is limited with the weather on who could host the week before Augusta.

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Byron nelson likely in that spot 2 weeks after masters. They have sponsor that wants it and has deep pockets.

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Good news on the Byron but they are gonna have to find a new DFW course for a Tier 1 Tour event IMO..

Waste Management has only met the purse threshold once so it's likely relegated to the minors. Thunderbirds will have to decide if it's worth it and how it might affect their charitable mission. Maybe it doesn't matter though given the number of non golf fans that attend.

Waste Management has the benefit of a reliable location to play in February

losing the Amex in palm springs will be a blow to that area and I'm in the camp of zero chance WMO isn't a championship event

Yeah, the WMO draws eyeballs and attention that many other tournaments don't. It's also basically a Super Bowl weekend staple and its personality fits that profile. As far as purse challenges go, I'm sure they can manage and I'd also say that anything you do Super Bowl weekend will have trouble competing for sponsor dollars. But this one is in shape to compete for those $$$s as well as any. And again, location is key; just going to play yet another Cali event? Nah.

AustinCountyAg said:

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You hit the nail on the head. Will be curious to see how the sponsor ship part plays out

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I would guess they'll tie sponsorship of the Champion series to the Challenger series.

As in, if you want to sponsor a big Champ event, we need you to give us money for some Challenger Events too.

Enrico Pallazzo said:

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Waste Management has the benefit of a reliable location to play in February

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And being the 2nd or 3rd most popular state side tournament

Rumor that Riviera doesn't want to host a tournament every year. See how that plays out.

I'm just telling you what the conversation has been locally and what a couple of guys connected to the Thunderbirds have said.

I don't think it would affect attendance much either way.

I doubt 80% of the crowd can name one PGAT player. That percentage might be low.

There is a lot of noise in San Diego continuing to host oga events. Talks about moving an event to August or September ilo January.


Sentry has taken over and a $20m purse

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/pga-tour-just-solved-20m-170000568.html

Yes the opening event that was in Maui will now be at Torrey Pines, at least for next year.