PGA Tour’s 2024 schedule expected to feature more LIV Golf similarities

Turns out, LIV Golf’s format might influence the PGA Tour more than previously anticipated. Per Golfweek, the league is making some changes for the 2024 schedule.

The PGA Tour plans to implement a “no-cut” rule for multiple tournaments for next season. That replicates how LIV Golf operates — although the Tour still plans on running four-round events. LIV currently plays three rounds.

Per the report, four of the PGA Tour’s 12 non-major designated events will still feature 36-hole cuts. Those tournaments include The Players Championship, Genesis Invitational, the Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational.

While there’s been no announcement on field sizes for the events, Golfweek reports that the Genesis, Memorial and Arnold Palmer will have a field of approximately 80 players with a cut around the 50-player mark. The Players is expected to remain a full field.

The official schedule drop for the PGA Tour’s 2024 season is expected for Tuesday, Aug. 8.

Once LIV Golf started luring some of the PGA Tour’s top talent, the league needed to make adjustments. One of the biggest alterations was increasing the purse size for tournaments last season. Eliminating 36-hole cuts — at least for most events — is another significant change.

More specifics and details regarding changes to the PGA Tour should be revealed when the official 2024 schedule is released.

Speaking of PGA Tour changes …

Another significant change is coming to the PGA Tour. Tiger Woods will have a new role within the league, it was announced earlier in the week.

The 15-time major champion has joined the league’s Policy Board as the sixth Player Director. The Tour released a statement regarding the update on Tuesday.

“PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan and the TOUR’s player members, Player Directors and Player Advisory Council members have announced a new agreement to ensure that the TOUR lives up to its mission of being a player-driven organization, ‘for the players, by the players,’” the statement said.

“As part of the new transparency and governance measures in the agreement, Tiger Woods has agreed to join the TOUR Policy Board as a sixth Player Director. The TOUR’s new Board will include six Player Directors, five Independent Directors and the PGA of America Director.”

Woods joins a Player Directors group that includes Patrick Cantlay, Charley Hoffman, Peter Malnati, Rory McIlroy and Webb Simpson. As part of the PGA Tour’s announcement, Woods also released a statement.

“I am honored to represent the players of the PGA TOUR. This is a critical point for the TOUR, and the players will do their best to make certain that any changes that are made in TOUR operations are in the best interest of all TOUR stakeholders, including fans, sponsors and players,” Woods said.

“The players thank Commissioner Monahan for agreeing to address our concerns, and we look forward to being at the table with him to make the right decisions for the future of the game that we all love. He has my confidence moving forward with these changes.”