The PGA Tour has revealed details of the 2025 season, which marks the second year since the schedule was revamped and will encompass 39 tournaments.
Like the 2024 season, it is a calendar year schedule, with the action getting underway in the week beginning 30 December with The Sentry at the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii.
That is the first of eight signature events scheduled for the year, with the others being February’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the Tiger Woods-hosted Genesis Invitational the following month, the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, the RBC Heritage in April, the Truist Championship (formerly the Wells Fargo Championship) in May, the Memorial Tournament at the end of that month and the Travelers Championship in June.
Of those events, only the Memorial Tournament is in a different place in the schedule to 2024. This year, it was held between 6 and 9 June, directly before the US Open, but in 2025 it will take place the week beginning 26 May, with the RBC Canadian Open filling in the slot before the third Major of the year.
The change comes after comments made by Jack Nicklaus, who hosts the Muirfield Village event, before this year’s tournament. He revealed he had agreed to a temporary switch as “a favor” to the PGA Tour but admitted he had been in conversation with commissioner Jay Monahan about ensuring the event was put back in its traditional time slot after Memorial Day at the end of May.
That has now happened, which will also likely go down well with many players, including Scottie Scheffler, who admitted “there was definitely a bit of a fatigue aspect” to an off-week at the Pinehurst No.2 Major, after it came directly after his win in the Memorial Tournament.
As expected, the PGA Tour’s flagship event The Players Championship, retains its position in March, while the 39-tournament season includes 18 full-field events and five additional events
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