Overview
- The PGA Tour announced the change on Tuesday and will replace the current single-week Tour Championship with a two-week match-play finale starting in 2028.
- Under the new format a 90-player stroke-play Championship Series finale will name a season points winner and the top 32 players will move into an eight-group, four-player match-play week.
- The two-week Tour Championship will stage a three-day group stage then a second-week single-elimination bracket of 16 players at a different course, with the undefeated final match deciding the Tour champion.
- Key operational items remain open: the Tour will name 2028 host venues on Feb. 22, finalize eligibility rules after a Sept. 14 board meeting, and still must set the postseason compensation model and prize allocation.
- PGA leadership framed the plan as a commercial reset that lets the Tour use iconic or private courses with smaller footprints and said any LIV Golf players seeking return must show they are free of contractual 'tail' obligations.