The PGATour's plan for tournaments with the new elevated status — a list that includes The Players Championship — appears to be taking shape.
Players in attendance — invites were limited to the Tour’s top stars — broadly agreed to commit to play every elevated event, giving the Tour the ability to guarantee where its biggest draws will show up.
That has never before been possible since members are independent contractors who control their own schedules. As of now, 20 of the top 21 players in the Official World Golf Ranking have remained on the PGA Tour. Between the 13 elevated PGA Tour stops and the four major championships, golf’s top stars will compete against each other at least 17 times per season, a substantial increase on how often they face off in the same tournaments currently. Under the plan Monahan announced, players are also required to enter three non-elevated PGA Tour events each season, ensuring those tournaments can still attract stars who need to meet their obligation. That 20-event minimum commitment has caused concern among some stars. “I wouldn’t be surprised if that changes,” said world No. 5, Jon Rahm, who expressed reservations about his ability to continue supporting events in his native Europe. The announcement of the four newly-elevated tournaments is likely to inspire more grumbling since two of them are held immediately following majors. The RBC Heritage falls right after the Masters, though it’s a less than three-hour drive from Augusta to the RBC venue in Hilton Head. However, the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, is held the week following the U.S. Open, which will be contested on the west coast next year at Los Angeles Country Club. The schedule of elevated events in 2023 would see top players get together with considerable frequency outside of the majors: once in January , twice in February , three times in March , once in April and May , twice in June and three times in August for the FedEx Cup playoffs. Sources indicated that no decision has been made on what events will have elevated status on the PGA Tour schedule in 2024, when the Tour returns to a regular calendar-year season, or whether field sizes might be adjusted for those tournaments after next year.
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