PGA TOUR season 2022: The biggest changes  11:42, 08/02/2022

The highlights of the season

It was an eventful fall. Rory McIlroy earned his historic 20th PGA TOUR win. Hideki Matsuyama added a win in his homeland, the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, to his reign as Masters champion. Young stars Sam Burns, Sungjae Im and Viktor Hovland added to their impressive resumes and Lucas Herbert became the latest Aussie to win on TOUR. 

Speaking of Tiger

This will be the year that his incredible career is immortalized in the World Golf Hall of Fame. He’s one of four people who will be inducted March 9 – the eve of THE PLAYERS Championship – at PGA TOUR Headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

These biggest changes for the schedule

The biggest change may lead many PGA TOUR players to spend a fortnight in Scotland this summer. As an outgrowth of the PGA TOUR’s strategic alliance with the DP World Tour, the Genesis Scottish Open is now co-sanctioned by the two circuits. The Genesis Scottish Open will be played July 7-10 at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, one week before The Open at St. Andrews.

In May, the Wells Fargo Championship will move from Quail Hollow Club for just the second time, but for good reason. The event will be conducted at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Potomac, Maryland, to allow Quail Hollow to prepare for the 2022 Presidents Cup. The only other time that the Wells Fargo wasn’t played at Quail Hollow was in 2017, when the course hosted the PGA Championship won by Justin Thomas.

The FedExCup

The Playoffs kick off with a new event at a familiar venue, and the TOUR’s debut in a new state. The TOUR’s annual trip to TPC Southwind will now be the opening event of the FedExCup Playoffs. The FedEx St. Jude Championship will be the first of three Playoffs events, followed by the BMW Championship and the TOUR Championship. The 2022 BMW will be played at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware; it will be the first PGA TOUR event played in Delaware. The FedExCup’s first prize also has been increased to $18 million. The total FedExCup payout for 2022 has increased $15 million to $75 million.

Q. The U.S. Team kicked butt in the Ryder Cup. What’s next for them?

Their sights turn to the Presidents Cup on Sept. 20-25 at Charlotte’s Quail Hollow. A familiar venue will be a welcome sight for the home team after its close call at Royal Melbourne in 2019. Davis Love III, a UNC alum, will lead the U.S. Team after captaining the 2012 and 2016 Ryder Cup teams.