ATLANTA — Trump Nationwide Doral is again on the PGA Tour schedule subsequent yr as a signature occasion that’s certain to check how usually the highest golfers need to play throughout a unprecedented spring of 5 massive tournaments in a six-week stretch.
Doral lengthy was thought-about the beginning of the Florida swing, a can’t-miss occasion because the PGA Tour started attracting worldwide stars.
Subsequent yr it is going to be a $20 million signature occasion the primary weekend in Might, a part of a stretch that begins with the Masters, ends with the PGA Championship and has three signatured tournaments within the 4 weeks in between.
That additionally means gamers not eligible for these massive occasions would have solely two tournaments to play — certainly one of them with a minimal purse – in that six-week stretch.
“We’re excited to showcase the sport’s biggest gamers competing at golf’s most iconic venues,” stated Brian Rolapp, the tour’s new CEO.
There’s nearly no change from the 2025 schedule apart from a number of tournaments altering dates, the Mexico Open transferring to the autumn and transferring the opposite-field occasion within the Dominican Republic from March (towards Bay Hill) to July (towards the British Open).
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The PGA Tour misplaced the Barracuda Championship in Truckee, California, which had been reverse the British Open. It was the one event that used the modified Stableford scoring system.
Nonetheless to be decided is a title sponsor for what now is named the Miami Championship.
Doral first turned a part of the PGA Tour schedule in 1962. It turned a World Golf Championship in 2007, after which the PGA Tour struggled to discover a title sponsor when President Donald Trump purchased the resort.
It moved away from Trump Doral to Mexico Metropolis after 2016, prompting Trump — the presumed Republican nominee on the time — to say, “I hope they’ve kidnapping insurance coverage.”
The famed “Blue Monster” at Trump Doral then turned a website for Saudi-funded LIV Golf every of the previous 4 years. Miami shouldn’t be a part of the LIV schedule for 2026, though his Trump Nationwide exterior Washington might be used.
The spring stretch is not the one busy a part of the schedule.
The PGA Tour season begins every week in a while Jan. 8 at Kapalua, giving gamers just a little extra time after the vacations to prepare.
Which means the WM Phoenix Open, which prefers to finish on Tremendous Bowl Sunday, might be Feb. 5-8. The AT&T Pebble Seashore strikes again every week adopted by the Genesis Invitational, each $20 million signature occasions.
Beforehand, the Mexico Open was after the West Coast Swing, every week earlier than the beginning of the Florida Swing. Now the Cognizant Traditional in Palm Seashore Gardens, Florida, will comply with two signature occasions at Pebble Seashore and Riviera, and precede two extra massive occasions within the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Gamers Championship.
Scottie Scheffler doesn’t play within the Truist Championship in early Might as a result of he desires to assist his hometown occasions within the Dallas space. The query for the PGA Tour is what number of different gamers won’t need to play that a lot amid the primary two majors of the yr.
In one other transfer, the Rocket Traditional in Detroit goes from the previous week in June — two weeks after the U.S. Open — to the primary weekend in August, two weeks after the British Open.
The autumn portion of the schedule has not been launched.
