After a break for the Ryder Cup in Italy, the PGA schedule resumes with the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi and contains occasions in Japan, Mexico and Bermuda earlier than concluding on the RSM Classic in Georgia in mid-November.
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The PGA Tour unveiled a revamped autumn schedule on Wednesday which can comprise seven tournaments value a complete of $56.6 million in prize cash.
The schedule, first outlined final 12 months because the PGA Tour scrambled to reply to the rise of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit, is formally billed as FedEx Cup Fall and will get underneath approach in September on the Fortninet Championship in Napa, California.
After a break for the Ryder Cup in Italy, the schedule resumes with the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi and contains occasions in Japan, Mexico and Bermuda earlier than concluding on the RSM Classic in Georgia in mid-November.
“We are launching the most meaningful updates to the PGA TOUR season since 2007,” PGA Tour President Tyler Dennis mentioned in an announcement.
Winners of the seven occasions included on the schedule will earn a two-year tour exemption in addition to a spot within the discipline on the 2024 Sentry Tournament of Champions — the normal opening occasion of the PGA Tour calendar 12 months that takes place in Hawaii every January.
Winners may even earn berths on the Players Championship in addition to majors that usually invite PGA Tour winners.
In addition, event winners will earn 500 FedEx Cup factors. Points earned within the seven autumn occasions will go in direction of finalising precedence rating for the 2024 marketing campaign.
The revamped schedule means the Houston Open, which has been performed within the autumn since 2019, will probably be shifted to the spring of 2024.
The World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions, which has not been held since 2019, won’t happen in 2023. The WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play can also be now not a part of the 2024 FedExCup season.
