2 hours ago Currently, the apical 10 finishers connected the DP World Tour's Race to Dubai, who are not already playing successful the US, summation PGA Tour cards for the pursuing season. It is not definite whether this volition continue.
"It hasn't been decided," Rolapp said. "We've had a truly palmy narration with the DP World Tour, inclusive of those cards."
The circuit boss, who volition win Jay Monahan arsenic PGA Tour commissioner adjacent year, added: "That's 1 of the galore things we're speaking about."
Rolapp is promising to instrumentality the PGA Tour to caller venues successful the United States and said that 10 of 15 courses needed for the 2028 Championship Series, which volition each person halfway cuts, person been identified.
Using a azygous points system, the bid volition crown an idiosyncratic champion earlier the accustomed end-of-season Tour Championship.
That tourney volition go matchplay and determination to antithetic locations alternatively than staying astatine its accepted location astatine East Lake successful Atlanta.
Although nonstop details person inactive to beryllium established, 20 golfers connected the little Challenger Series volition gain promotion to the higher tier astatine the extremity of a season.
There volition besides beryllium 4 to six "last chance" competitions successful the autumn for those facing relegation to inactive sphere Championship status.
And Championship players volition not beryllium allowed to vie successful Challenger events successful the aforesaid season.
"We deliberation for the integrity of what we're delivering to our tourney partners that it was important to bash that," Rolapp said.
It does mean those little events volition beryllium perchance bereft of prima names and, astatine past week's US Open, Rory McIlroy expressed interest that this way would beryllium "a glorified Korn Ferry Tour" which is presently a low-profile feeder circuit to the PGA Tour.
But the Masters champion welcomed Tuesday's announcement, saying successful a connection that it is "a affirmative measurement for nonrecreational golf".
He added: "As much details emerge, it is encouraging to spot the PGA Tour reaffirming the value of meritocracy and creating a operation that volition service some players and fans well."
McIlroy besides welcomed adding overseas events aft the main play has been completed, successful collaboration with the DP World Tour.
"The committedness to elevate immoderate of these historical planetary tournaments and nationalist opens is incredibly important for the game," the Northern Irishman said.
Last week, McIlroy had said that the mode the PGA Tour was anterior to the 2022 accomplishment of the breakaway LIV circuit "was really beauteous good".
But Rolapp says the 2028 changes are captious to the tour's future.
"If you're competing for media dollars, which is the economical lifeblood of each athletics successful this country, you request to beryllium perpetually improving the product," helium said.
"I deliberation we looked astir and we saw what we request to bash to summation fans' attraction and make much worth for our partners and felt this was necessary."
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