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08/25 09:18 CDT PGA Tour moving to match play for two-week Tour Championship at
two courses
PGA Tour moving to match play for two-week Tour Championship at two courses
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
ATLANTA (AP) --- The PGA Tour is reshaping its postseason for 2028 by ending
the year with a Tour Championship played over two weeks at different golf
courses involving match play.
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp announced the changes Tuesday before the Tour
Championship, which currently is 72 holes of stroke play for the top 30
players. Whoever wins the tournament is declared the FedEx Cup champion and
earns $10 million in official money from the $40 million purse.
Starting in 2028, the BMW Championship --- the only postseason event that
rotates is being held that year at Olympia Fields near Chicago --- will be for
the leading 90 players on the points list. Points from the season continue, and
the leader will be the season champion and bonus money distributed accordingly.
The top 32 after the BMW Championship will be broken into eight groups of
four-player pools. The leading two players from each pool advance to the final
event, which will be match play over four days. Even players eliminated early
will play through Sunday to determine final positions.
That means the BMW Championship will offer three trophies --- the BMW
Championship, the Western Golf Association and the PGA Tour Championship Series
Finale.
And the second week of the postseason will have no trophy at all --- it's all
about being among the 16 players who advance to the last event.
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