ATLANTA — Trump Nationwide Doral is again on the PGA Tour schedule subsequent 12 months as a signature occasion that’s certain to check how usually the highest golfers wish to play throughout a unprecedented spring of 5 huge tournaments in a six-week stretch.
Doral lengthy was thought of the beginning of the Florida swing, a can’t-miss occasion because the PGA Tour started attracting worldwide stars.
Subsequent 12 months 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 occasions within the 4 weeks in between.
That additionally means gamers not eligible for these huge 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 best gamers competing at golf’s most iconic venues,” stated Brian Rolapp, the tour’s new CEO.
There’s just about 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 (in opposition to Bay Hill) to July (in opposition to 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 match that used the modified Stableford scoring system.
Nonetheless to be decided is a title sponsor for what now known as 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 final 4 years. Miami just isn’t a part of the LIV schedule for 2026, though his Trump Nationwide exterior Washington will likely 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 a bit extra time after the vacations to prepare.
Meaning the WM Phoenix Open, which prefers to finish on Tremendous Bowl Sunday, will likely 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 huge occasions within the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Gamers Championship.
Scottie Scheffler doesn’t play the Truist Championship in early Might as a result of he desires to help his hometown occasions within the Dallas space. The query for the PGA Tour is what number of different gamers is not going to wish to play that a lot amid the primary two majors of the 12 months.
In one other transfer, the Rocket Traditional in Detroit goes from the final 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.
