What we know and don't know about the PGA Tour's upcoming changes

ATLANTA — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced another series of sweeping and lucrative changes Wednesday ahead of the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club.

In its ongoing battle with LIV Golf for the best players in the world, the PGA Tour committed another $146 million to its players in an attempt to keep them.

The changes come about a week after Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy led a meeting of 22 players at a hotel near Wilmington Country Club in Delaware. The players presented their proposals to Monahan, and the tour quickly implemented many of their suggested changes.

«It's atypical, but I think when you're in a situation like this, that's understood,» Monahan said.

Here's what we know about what's changing on the PGA Tour in the 2022-23 season:

By the PGA Tour's definition, players who finish in the top 20 in the Player Impact Program will be considered «top players.» They will be required to compete in the 13 elevated events, if they're eligible to compete in them, and three other non-elevated PGA Tour events to receive their PIP bonuses at the end of the season.

For the 2022-23 wrap-around season, the top 20 players in the current PIP formula and revised one will be considered top players.

There are now 13 elevated events that will include top players: the three FedEx Cup Playoffs events (FedEx St. Jude Championship, BMW Championship and Tour Championship), Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament, WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Sentry Tournament of Champions, The Players and four yet-to-be-determined ones from among existing PGA Tour tournaments.

Those details are still to be worked out. It isn't exactly clear whether they'll include the top 70 players in the