PGA Tour approves two-tiered system with expanded Championship Series fields starting in 2028
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The PGA Tour has approved a major restructuring to begin in 2028, creating a two-tiered system with a "Championship Series" (elite tier with expanded fields averaging 120 players) and a "Challenger Series" (secondary tier with prize money cut in half). Tiger Woods, leading the Future Competition Committee, announced the shakeup which aims to create the best version of the PGA Tour. Key details remain unresolved, including which tournaments will belong to each series and how to bring a form of promotion/relegation between the tiers.
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· 3 pulledTiger Woods said the objective was to create the best version of the PGA Tour.
The answer Tuesday was a major shakeup to its model that effectively creates two tours, expanding the field for the elite tier and cutting in half prize money for the secondary tier.
The new system is to start in 2028, and the Future Competition Committee that Woods leads still has work left on key details.
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