PGA Tour Announces New Season-Ending Structure and Postseason Format
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The PGA Tour announced on Tuesday a new season-ending structure and postseason format that will span three weeks and be implemented at the conclusion of the 2028 campaign. It is highlighted by a two-week Tour Championship contested among the top 32 players in match play at a pair of renowned venues that will rotate annually.
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ESPNPGA Tour postseason to conclude with match play The PGA Tour's future postseason will include a Championship Series Finale -- a 72-hole, stroke-play tournament that will finalize the points list and determine the season-long champion -- followed by match play over two weeks.
Bleacher ReportThe PGA Tour is adopting a new playoff format that will start in 2028. Per a release from the PGA Tour, the format will feature three components starting with the PGA TOUR Championship Series Finale followed by a two-week TOUR Championship.
Yahoo SportsThe PGA Tour is preparing to face some significant changes in the coming years. For one, it will need to decide how, when, or if it will reintegrate certain LIV Golf participants back into the field as several defectors reportedly eye returns to the PGA Tour. Second, the Tour will implement its new promotion-relegation format in 2028: a Championship Series featuring the top golfers and a Challenger Series with players vying for elevated status. It also announced on Tuesday a new format for its postseason, which will feature a 32-player match-play competition. Along those lines, the PGA Tour will need to begin negotiating new television contracts to fit its new format in the next year or two, as current agreements with NBC and CBS expire in 2030.
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The first week of the TOUR Championship will feature 32 players split into eight groups of four competing in a three-day match play event. The top two players in each group will then advance to the second week in a four-day, head-to-head match-play bracket with players moving on based on their win-loss record.
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CBS SportsTour Championship (Week 1) 32-man field separated into eight groups of four Group stage round-robin format (each player competes against other three in his group) Top two players from each group (16 total) advance to Tour Championship In the event of a tie, a playoff will determine who advances to Week 2
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Only the top 30 players in FedEx Cup points after the second playoff event, the BMW Championship last week, qualified for the Tour Championship.
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Bleacher ReportThe FedEx Cup playoff consists of the St. Jude Championship, BMW Championship and TOUR Championship. The top 70 players make the initial field with 20 being eliminated after each of the first two events.
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01 CBS Sports Week 1 will feature a group stage in a round-robin format with players competing in eight sets of four. The top two finishers from each group will advance.
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02 Yahoo Sports The PGA Tour season draws to a close this weekend with the Tour Championship, and it appears the tour will notch a slight viewership increase over last season.
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03 Bleacher Report The two players who remain undefeated after the first three days will square off on the final day to determine the TOUR champion.
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04 Fox Sports PGA Tour News, Stories, Videos & Analysis - FOX Sports PGA Tour News, Stories, Videos & Analysis FOX Sports
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05 Yonhap Sports By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean players will tee off at an exclusive-field PGA Tour playoff finale this week, with the winner's prize money of US$10 million on the line.
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