Trevor Ng
The professional golf season varies depending on the tournament and region. For example, the LIV Golf League season runs from February to August, with 13 regular-season events followed by a Team Championship finale. On the other hand, the PGA Tour includes tournaments throughout the year, with a schedule that seems to span from November to August, with tournaments such as the Hero World Challenge in December. The Official World Golf Ranking was introduced in 1986, and the season structure has evolved since then, with changes to the cut policy and the inclusion of the World Golf Championships in 1999.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| PGA Tour Season Dates | February to August |
| Number of Players | 54 |
| Number of Teams | 13 |
| Number of Regular Season Events | 13 |
| Format | Players spread across 18 groups, with simultaneous tee-offs at each hole |
| Duration of Competition | 3 days |
| Cut Policy | None; all players compete from start to finish |
| Scoring System | Points awarded to top 24 golfers on the leaderboard, with a sliding scale from 40 points for 1st place to 1 point for 21st-24th place |
| Team Scoring System | Points awarded to top 8 teams, with a sliding scale from 32 points for 1st place to 1 point for 8th place |
| Champion Determination | Player with the most points after 13 events is crowned champion |
| Priority for Next Season | Final standings determine each player's status and prize money allocation for the following season |
| Tournament Schedule | Includes events like The RSM Classic, Hero World Challenge, Genesis Scottish Open, The Open Championship, etc. |
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What You'll Learn
PGA Tour schedule
The PGA Tour is the top level of men's and women's golf competition, featuring some of the world's best golfers, including the likes of Tiger Woods. The season typically runs from late autumn in the previous year to the autumn, with tournaments taking place across the globe.
The 2025 PGA Tour schedule features a variety of tournaments, including majors, signature events, and championships. The season starts in November 2024 and concludes in August 2025. Here is a breakdown of the schedule:
November 2024
The season kicks off with the RSM Classic at the Sea Island Golf Club in Georgia, USA, from November 20-23. This is followed by the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas from December 4-7 and the Grant Thornton Invitational at the Tiburón Golf Club in Florida, USA, from December 12-14.
July 2025
The PGA Tour schedule for July 2025 includes tournaments such as the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run from July 3-6, the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, from July 10-13, and the ISCO Championship at Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, also from July 10-13. The month continues with The Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, NIR, from July 17-20, followed by the Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club in Truckee, California, USA, also from July 17-20.
August 2025
The PGA Tour concludes in August with the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, USA, from July 31-August 3, and the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, from August 3-6.
The PGA Tour is known for its dynamic nature, with players' performance and earnings determining their positions and eligibility for subsequent tournaments. The season features a mix of longstanding traditions and new innovations, attracting a diverse range of participants and spectators worldwide.
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LIV Golf League
The professional golf season varies depending on the specific tour or league in question. For instance, the LIV Golf League season runs from February to August. This league was established in 2020 by Golf Saudi, a division of the Public Investment Fund, and formally launched in October 2021 as LIV Golf Investments, with former professional golfer Greg Norman as CEO. The league has a unique format that involves 13 powerhouse teams, each consisting of four players, led by elite captains. There are 13 regular season events followed by a Team Championship finale, where the winning team is crowned based on the lowest score among the top four clubs.
LIV Golf has faced some controversy, with some likening it to the breakaway European Super League in football. In 2022, LIV Golf applied to be included in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), but later withdrew its bid for world ranking points. The league has a substantial prize fund of $405 million and has attracted several notable golfers, including former world number ones Dustin Johnson, Martin Kaymer, and Lee Westwood, as well as major champions Sergio García and Graeme McDowell.
The inaugural season of the LIV Golf Invitational Series featured eight 54-hole no-cut stroke play tournaments, followed by a seeded four-day, four-round, match play knockout finale. Each event in the LIV Golf League begins with a shotgun start, meaning 18 groups of players are spread around the course at each hole, all teeing off simultaneously. There are no cuts, so every player competes from start to finish.
LIV Golf has a unique scoring system for both individual and team competitions. For the individual championship, the winner takes 40 points, second place gets 30, and third place earns 24. A sliding scale determines scores for the remaining places down to 21st to 24th, who earn one point each. After the 13th event of the year, the player with the most points from the regular season is crowned the individual champion.
For the team competition, the top eight teams out of the 13 earn points, with 32 for first place, 24 for second, and 16 for third. Again, a sliding scale awards points down to eighth place, which earns one point. The team with the most points after the regular season is crowned the Team Champion of the LIV Golf League.
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Korn Ferry Tour Finals
The Korn Ferry Tour Finals is a series of golf tournaments that conclude the season on the Korn Ferry Tour. The finals are contested in a playoff format, similar to the FedEx Cup playoffs on the PGA Tour, with players eliminated after each of the first three tournaments.
The top 156 players in the Korn Ferry Tour points system qualify for the first Finals event, with the number of participants reduced each week of the Finals based on the season-long points ranking. Since 2023, the Finals have consisted of four tournaments, each with an enhanced purse of US$1,500,000 and awarding more points than the standard Korn Ferry Tour event. The first three events feature standard tour cut rules, while the Tour Championship does not have a cut.
Under the system introduced in 2023, the top 30 players on the Tour at the conclusion of the Finals earn a PGA Tour card. The points for the regular season and Finals are combined, with the Finals events worth more points than regular-season tournaments. This replaced the previous format, in which the top 25 players in the Finals earned PGA Tour cards, in addition to the top 25 players on the Korn Ferry Tour during the regular season.
The Korn Ferry Tour Finals were established in 2013 as a replacement for the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. From 2013 to 2022, the Finals were conducted in a different format, as a separate entity from the tour's regular season. During this period, the top 75 players from the Korn Ferry Tour, along with players ranked 126-200 on the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup points list, competed in a series of three or four tournaments. The top 25 players based on points earned in the Finals earned PGA Tour cards for the following season.
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FedEx Cup
The FedEx Cup is an annual series of golf tournaments that are part of the PGA Tour. It was introduced in 2007 and has since undergone several rule changes. The most successful player in the history of the FedEx Cup is Rory McIlroy, who has won three titles. Tiger Woods is the only other player to have won multiple FedEx Cups, with two.
The FedEx Cup consists of three playoff events: the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the BMW Championship, and the Tour Championship. These tournaments are held in August each year and feature a progressive cut, with fields of 70 for the FedEx St. Jude Championship, 50 for the BMW Championship, and 30 for the Tour Championship. The winner of each of the first two events is awarded 2,000 points (quadruple the points of regular-season events), while the Tour Championship features a strokes-based system. The top three players in the FedEx Cup standings after the first two playoff events begin the Tour Championship at an advantage, starting at 10-under, 8-under, and 7-under par, respectively.
The FedEx Cup bonus pool purse has increased over the years, with the total bonus pool being $70 million in 2019 and increasing to $75 million in 2022. The winner's share also increased during this period, from $15 million to $18 million. Beginning in 2021, the regular-season bonus pool was sponsored by Comcast Business, and in 2022, the champion earned $4 million.
In addition to the FedEx Cup Playoffs, FedEx Cup points are also earned during the PGA Tour regular season. These points carry over to the playoffs and are used to determine the golfers who will retain their PGA Tour playing privileges for the following season. In 2013, the top 125 golfers with the most FedEx Cup points retained their privileges, a change from the previous system, which was based on the tour's money list.
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World Golf Championships
The World Golf Championships (WGC) refer to a group of golf tournaments with a high global profile, attracting elite players from different tours. The WGC was introduced to create a larger group of golf tournaments with a high global profile by bringing the leading golfers from different tours together more regularly. The concept of a “World Tour” seems to have been dropped, but the WGC events are among the most prestigious and high-profile events outside of the majors. Winners generally receive 70 to 78 Official World Golf Ranking points, the most awarded for any tournament apart from the major championships and The Players Championship.
The WGC Championship, WGC Match Play, and WGC Invitational events all began in 1999, though the WGC Invitational is the successor of the World Series of Golf, which began in 1976. The WGC Championship was held annually from 1999 to 2021 and was one of three or four WGC events until the number was reduced to two following the 2021 season. The WGC Championship was originally hosted at various locations in Europe and the United States but found a permanent home at the Doral Resort in Florida in 2006. From 2017 to 2020, it was played at the Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico, before being disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and relocated to Florida in 2021. The WGC Championship has had various names due to sponsorship agreements over the years, including the WGC-American Express Championship (1999-2006), WGC-CA Championship (2007-2010), WGC-Cadillac Championship (2011-2016), and WGC-Mexico Championship (2017-2020). In 2021, it was titled the WGC-Workday Championship.
The WGC Champions tournament was first held in 2005 and was awarded World Golf Championships status starting with the 2009 edition, becoming the fourth WGC tournament on the calendar. The men's golf World Cup was also a WGC event from 2000 to 2006, but it lost its WGC status after the 2006 event. The elevation of the HSBC Champions tournament to full WGC status in 2009 helped mute some of the criticisms about the lack of WGC events held outside the United States. The WGC-Mexico Championship in 2017 further addressed this issue, marking the move of half the WGC events outside the United States.
Tiger Woods dominated the WGC tournaments, winning 16 of the first 32 individual (non-World Cup) events and winning at least one event each year from 1999 to 2009.
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Frequently asked questions
The LIV Golf League season runs from February to August.
54 players compete in the LIV Golf League.
There are 13 teams, consisting of four players each.
There are 13 regular-season events, followed by a Team Championship finale as the 14th and final event.
The winner takes 40 points, second place gets 30, and third place earns 24 points.
