Purse jumps, Signature Events – the PGA Tour will look very different in 2024. Here’s what you can expect
It’s all change for the 2024 PGA Tour season – with more prize money, elevated events, and a new schedule.
We take a look at what’s coming and reveal the full 36-tournament calendar for 2024…
2024 PGA Tour schedule: What’s new
We’re back on a calendar year
Did you miss it? For the first time since 2012, the PGA Tour returns to a calendar year schedule – running from the start of January until the beginning of September. The FedEx Cup fall events, which will finalise the top 125 for 2025, are set to be announced later.
Signature events
You knew them as ‘designated’ events and there are now eight in all: The Sentry, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Heritage, Wells Fargo Championship, The Memorial, and Travelers Championship.
Pebble Beach is a new addition and the traditional format gets a tweak for 2024.The amateurs compete alongside 80 professionals for the first two rounds only, with the tournament finishing over the weekend with the final 36 holes at Pebble Beach.
The signature events are limited field, with increased prize funds, but three of them – Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Memorial – retain a cut. The top 50 and ties, and any player within 10 shots of the lead, will make the weekend.
A PGA Tour statement said of eligibility: “The Sentry is the season’s first Signature Event and includes PGA Tour winners from the previous calendar year as well as the top 50 members from the 2022-23 FedExCup standings (i.e. those who qualify for the BMW Championship, the second FedExCup Playoffs event).
“Eligibility for the remaining seven Signature Events (field sizes anticipated to be between 70-80 players) includes the top 50 members from the 2022-23 FedExCup standings and 15 members who can play their way in through The Next 10 and The Swing 5.
“The Next 10 represents the top 10 members, not otherwise exempt, from the FedExCup standings. The Swing 5 includes the top five FedExCup points earners, not otherwise exempt, from the swing of Full-Field and Additional events preceding each Signature Event.”
The field will also include those PGA Tour members inside the top 30 of the world rankings and select tournament exemptions.
Insane prize money
If you didn’t think pro golfers were already paid enough, the figures for 2024 will make your eyes water.
The winner of the FedEx Cup will receive $25 million in 2024, up from $18 million, while the victors of the Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Memorial will pick up $4 million – up $400,000 on 2023.
The Wyndham Championship prize pool has doubled to $40 million, with $8 million going to the winner.
What they said…
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said of the 2024 PGA Tour schedule: “We are excited about the roll-out of the PGA Tour’s reimagined schedule and what the season will offer to our fans: a January start with stars competing head-to-head more often, alongside the weekly drama of life-altering moments and the emergence of new stars.”
“While winning on the PGA Tour continues to be the ultimate – and most difficult – challenge, we have further connected every tournament, with more at stake each week.
“From The Sentry through the FedExCup Playoffs and into the soon-to-be-announced FedExCup Fall, this new, cadence will create consistent excitement for our fans and reward players like never before.
“We are grateful to the membership – especially the Player Directors and Player Advisory Council – as well as our tournaments and partners for the collaboration that has set us up for an exciting 2024.”
2024 PGA Tour schedule
Jan 1-7: The Sentry, Plantation Course at Kapalua, Maui Hawaii
Jan 8-14: Sony Open in Hawaii, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
Jan 15-21: The American Express, PGA West and La Quinta CC, La Quinta, California
Jan 22-27: Farmers Insurance Open, Torrey Pines, San Diego, California
Jan 29-Feb 4: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill, Pebble Beach, California
Feb 5-11: WM Pheonix Open, TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
Feb 12-18: Genesis Invitational, Riviera, Pacific Palisades, California
Feb 19-25: Mexico Open, Vidanta Vallarta, Vallarta, Mexico
Feb 26-Mar 3: The Classic In the Palm Beaches, PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Mar 4-10: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bay Hill, Orlando, Florida
Mar 4-10: Puerto Rico Open, Grand Reserve GC, Rio Grande
Mar 11-17: The Players, TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Mar 18-24: Valspar Championship, Innisbrook, Palm Harbor, Florida
Mar 25-31: Texas Children’s Houston Open, Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston, Texas
Apr 1-7: Valero Texas Open, TPC San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Apr 8-14: Masters, Augusta National, Augusta, Georgia
Apr 15-21: RBC Heritage, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Apr 15-21: Corales Puntacana Championship, Puntacana Resort & Club, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Apr 22-28: Zurich Classic of New Orleans, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana
Apr 29-May 5: AT&T Byron Nelson, TPC Craig Ranch, McKinney, Texas
May 6-12: Wells Fargo Championship, Quail Hollow, Charlotte, North Carolina
May 6-12: Myrtle Beach Classic, Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
May 13-19: PGA Championship, Valhalla GC, Louisville, Kentucky
May 20-26: Charles Schwab Challenge, Colonial, Fort Worth, Texas
May 27-Jun 2: RBC Canadian Open, Hamilton Golf & Country Club, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jun 3-9: The Memorial, Muirfield Village, Dublin, Ohio
Jun 10-16: US Open, Pinehurst No. 2, Pinehurst, North Carolina
Jun 17-23: Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut
Jun 24-30: Rocket Mortgage Classic, Detroit GC, Detroit, Michigan
Jul 1-7: John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois
Jul 8-14: Genesis Scottish Open, Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland
Jul 8-14: Event TBC
Jul 15-21: The Open, Royal Troon, Troon, Scotland
July 5-21: Barracuda Championship, Tahoe Mountain Club, Truckee, California
Jul 22-28: 3M Open, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minnesota
Jul 29-Aug 4: Olympic Men’s Golf Competition, Le Golf National, Paris, France
Aug 5-11: Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield County Club, Greensboro, North Carolina
Aug 12-18: FedEx St Jude Championship, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
Aug 19-25: BMW Championship, Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Rock, Colorado
Aug 26-Sept 1: Tour Championship, East Lake GC, Atlanta, Georgia
What do you make of the 2024 PGA Tour schedule? Do you like the return to a calendar format, and what about the FedEx Cup prize fund? Let us know with a tweet.
Steve Carroll
