Proposed PGA Tour model includes 2 tracks of tournaments - ESPN

DUBLIN, Ohio — A proposed future PGA Tour model that might take effect in 2028 would include two tracks of tournaments with players competing to remain on the top track and golfers in the lower track fighting to move up the next season.

Details of the model are still being discussed with the Future Competition Committee and Player Advisory Council, but PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said Wednesday there's momentum to announce changes later this summer.

The PGA Tour's policy board would have to approve changes.

«I wasn't sure what our expectations were because I knew what we were tackling was significant and felt that it was important to start the conversation and tackle it,» Rolapp said Wednesday at Muirfield Village Golf Club.

«There's all sorts of questions. It looks like it's more '28 just because of the complexity of not only the competitive model, but also the commercial things you need to do to actually put a new competitive model in place. So I feel good where we are, but I also had expectations that it wasn't going to be easy.»

The proposed Track One might include 15 to 18 tour events, plus the four majors and Players Championship. There are eight signature events this season.

The Golf Channel reported Wednesday that those events would include fields of 120 to 130 golfers. Most of those tournaments are expected to include 36-hole cuts. Rolapp declined to give a specific field size, but said it will «be sizable, a good number.»

The top 90 golfers in the seasonlong points standings would retain their Track One status the next season.

Golfers competing in Track Two would be fighting to be elevated to Track One the next season. There would be about 20 to 30 spots available per season, not including 10 golfers who would