Overview
- CEO Brian Rolapp said he could envision beginning the season after the Super Bowl, emphasizing that no decisions have been finalized.
- Golf Digest reporting, echoed by other outlets, outlines a late‑February launch and a 20–22 event slate under discussion, with some sources pointing to 2027–2028 as a possible window.
- Reported possibilities include eliminating the Hawaii openers and venues such as Torrey Pines, inserting bye weeks after majors, and curtailing or removing alternate‑field events.
- Long‑term broadcast deals with NBC and CBS through 2030, which presume a larger schedule, pose a major obstacle to cutting event inventory.
- Separately, confirmed 2026 changes reduce full exempt cards from 125 to 100 and Korn Ferry promotions to 20, with smaller fields and an internal estimate of about 16 starts for the top 10 players who missed the top 100.