The PGA Tour, in the midst of its 2026 schedule, now has an idea of some of its 2027 slate — and the early part of the year will have a different look.
Several tournament sites have recently posted dates for next year, though the Tour has not yet released an official statement. Josh Carpenter of the Sports Business Journal reported Tuesday that players were sent a memo outlining schedule changes.
To break down the schedule, let’s use a question-and-answer format.
The PGA Tour season won’t start in Hawaii, right?
Right. The Tour announced last month that it would no longer play its two Hawaii events, the Sentry tournament and the Sony Open, both of which had started the year.
When will the season start?
Based on tournament announcements, the season will start Thursday, Jan. 21 at the American Express event in La Quinta, Calif. This year’s event was won by Scottie Scheffler.
Then what tournaments will be played?
After the American Express, an as-of-now unnamed tournament will be played the following week at Torrey Pines, according to a story written by Golfweek’s Adam Schupak. Farmers Insurance ended its sponsorship of the event after this year’s tournament.
Here is what follows, based on tournament announcements:
– Feb. 4-7: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
– Feb. 11-14: WM Phoenix Open
– Feb. 18-21: Genesis Invitational
– Feb. 25-28: Cognizant Classic
– March 4-7: Cadillac Championship
– March 11-14: Players Championship
– March 18-21: Arnold Palmer Invitational
– March 25-28: Texas Children’s Houston Open
– April 1-4: Valero Texas Open
– April 8-11: Masters
– April 15-18: RBC Heritage
– April 22-25: Zurich Classic
– April 29-May 2: CJ Cup Byron Nelson
– May 6-9: Valspar Championship
– May 13-16: Truist Championship and One Flight Myrtle Beach Classic
– May 20-23: PGA Championship
What’s changing?
In order, here are the changes from this year, besides the Hawaiian events:
– The Pebble Beach and WM Phoenix Open events will swap dates, presumably for the Pebble Beach tournament to avoid the Super Bowl. (On a mostly unrelated note, next year’s Super Bowl will be followed by a federal holiday.)
– The Cadillac Championship moves from May to early March, taking the date of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The Cadillac will now precede the Players. Why the move? It likely has to do with the fact that this year’s Cadillac went head-to-head with a nearby F1 race. Plus March in Miami tends to make for better golf weather.
– The Arnold Palmer moves to mid-March, taking the date of the Valspar Championship. The API will now follow the Players — and it will go up against the start of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.
– The CJ Cup Byron Nelson will be played three weeks earlier, taking the date of the Cadillac Championship.
– The Valspar Championship will move from March to May, taking the date of the Truist Championship.
– The Truist Championship and the PGA Championship will each be played one week later.
– This year, starting with the Masters and ending with the PGA, six tournaments were played, including two majors and three signature events. Next year, starting with the Masters and ending with the PGA, seven events will be played — and one less signature.
– The Puerto Rico Open, which this year was played opposite the Arnold Palmer, has yet to announce its date.
What about beyond the PGA?
At this point, little is official, but here is what we know:
– The Charles Schwab Challenge, which is being played this week, will likely follow the PGA. Interestingly, had the Tour followed this year’s schedule, the Tour would’ve played three straight weeks in Texas, as the PGA is in the Lone Star State, at PGA Frisco.
– The U.S. Open, which will also be played at Pebble Beach, is set for June 17-20. Given that and the Charles Schwab assumption, the Memorial will likely be played June 3-6, so it doesn’t precede the Open.
– The Open Championship will be played July 15-18 at St. Andrews.
– A number of events have also made recent announcements. The Canadian Open said it would play its 2027 event at TPC Toronto; Travelers Companies, John Deere and 3M extended sponsorships of their tournaments through 2030; the Genesis Scottish Open said it would play its tournament at the Renaissance Club through 2030; and ISCO and Grupo Puntacana will be the title sponsors of their events through 2027.
– The 2027 BMW Championship will be played at Liberty National in New Jersey.
What about 2028?
Potentially several changes.
Carpenter of the Sports Business Journal reported a week ago that Tour CEO Brian Rolapp, in early May, showed players a “two-tier” schedule. The first tier would feature 16 Tour events, three playoff events and four majors, while the second tier would have 20 tournaments.
When asked last week about the tier system, Brooks Koepka said it was news to him, though.
“I don’t know anything about that,” he said. “I don’t have the information on that. I don’t know anything, unless something came out in the last week or so. I haven’t really paid much attention to it. Yeah, I’m probably not educated enough to answer that one.”
When will there be more information?
Likely next month at the Travelers. At the Players Championship in March, Rolapp said he would hold a press conference at the tournament at TPC River Highlands.
