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ATLANTA – The Tour Championship is officially changing in 2028.
In the first year that the Tour will move to a Championship and Challenger Series format, the Tour will shift to a 90-man field for a stroke-play event to determine the season-long points winner. Only 32 will move on to a two-week match-play competition at rotating venues for the newly christened Tour Championship.
The first week will include World Cup-style group play, with the 32 qualifiers broken into eight groups of fours. The top two will advance to the final week, with ties decided in a sudden-death playoff.
The finale will be at a separate venue. Week two is four rounds of match play. All 16 players competing all four rounds. Every match impacts the final standings. The player who goes undefeated will be crowned the winner of the Tour Championship.
“This new format creates an exciting opportunity to showcase some of the most renowned venues in our sport, including places like the modern Tour has never been before,” Rolapp said in a release. “Since our announcement in June, we have received a tremendous level of interest from prospective host venues. As a result, multiple discussions are underway, site visits have begun and we are encouraged by the enthusiasm we are seeing for the future of the Tour Championship.”
Rolapp announced in March that match play was being considered for the format of the Tour Championship, which has undergone several changes during the 20-year FedEx Cup era. What has long been expected will be confirmed later this morning at PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp’s annual State of the Tour press conference at 10 a.m.
Adam Schupak is a senior writer for Golfweek, covering the PGA Tour.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: PGA Tour to adopt new match play format for Tour Championship in 2028
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