Tiger-Led Panel Floats PGA Tour Draft That Starts After Super Bowl

Overview

• A detailed but unfinalized draft for a future PGA Tour calendar circulated via Golf Channel reporting and social posts, outlining concepts developed by Tiger Woods’ Future Competition Committee.
• The proposal trims the regular slate to roughly 25 events, begins the week after the Super Bowl with the WM Phoenix Open, inserts a week off after each major, moves the Open Championship to early August for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and stages West Coast playoff stops at Pebble Beach and Riviera.
• Tour leadership frames the redesign around scarcity, simplicity and parity, with a later start intended to avoid NFL playoff TV competition and to concentrate top players in fewer, higher-profile weeks.
• Player reaction is mixed, with Billy Horschel urging more events in major U.S. markets and Tom Hoge warning a reduced slate could limit opportunities for non-elite members, while many fans object to losing January events from warm-weather venues.
• Insiders caution that sponsor, tournament, venue and media contracts make a 2027 rollout difficult, with 2028 seen as more realistic and any earlier shift likely requiring costly renegotiations or buyouts.