What I want to see on the PGA Tour in 2024

With the new year upon us, time to dream up some fun scenarios for the 2024 PGA Tour season. Some may be wishful thinking but I will happily settle for a handful.

I want to see Patrick Cantlay get a new hat deal – how about one of those giant hats – and for Will Zalatoris to figure out his short putting issues as well as Lucas Glover did this year. I want to see Tiger play more than just hit-n-giggle golf in December and avoid sending out a press release about another surgery. I want to see Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas back in the winner’s circle.

I want to see top pros support the smaller events – don’t just play the $20 million signature tournaments fellas – because as Sam Saunders put it, there are no bad tournaments. They’re all great and the people in the Quad Cities and San Antonio have been showing up year after year for 50+, 100+ years and deserve to see quality fields.

I want to see someone like Chesson Hadley take advantage of the dome-like conditions in Palm Desert, California, and shoot 57 at the American Express. How cool would it be to go up to Al Geiberger and Jim Furyk and introduce yourself as Mr. 57?

Justin Rose poses with the trophy on the 18th hole during the continuation of the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament at Pebble Beach Golf Links. (Photo: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)

I want to see the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am have some juice again. It had become Exhibit A for a tournament that was losing its stars other than Jordan Spieth, who is paid by the title sponsor to be there. I’m excited to see a reinvigorated field at one of the cathedrals of golf. I’ll take a star-studded field at Pebble over Ray Romano and Bill Murray every day.

I want to see an ace at 16 at the WM Phoenix Open during the day and Duran Duran, who is performing in February at the Bird’s Nest, at night. “Hungry Like the Wolf” and “Rio” and “Girls on Film?” Count me in.

I want to see the winner of the Genesis Invitational shake Tiger’s hand at the trophy ceremony and be eligible to defend his title in 2025. The last two winners have been Joaquin Niemann and Jon Rahm, who both bolted to LIV before the next tourney. Actually, the coolest too-good-to-be-true Hollywood would reject the script scenario would be Tiger winning at Riviera, his kryptonite and the course and tournament he’s played the most without winning, to claim his 83^rd title and break a tie with Sam Snead for all-time career…