The PGA Tour’s 2025 schedule has been unveiled, and it’s packed with exciting changes or rather foolish ones. The PGA Tour Americas, which was introduced last year, will feature 16 tournaments across eight countries, with a $225,000 purse up for grabs at each event. This expansion is expected to provide more opportunities for up-and-coming players and grow the sport’s global reach. The tour will visit familiar destinations like Argentina, Brazil, and Canada, as well as new ones like Colombia and Peru. With a total purse of $3.6 million, the PGA Tour Americas is set to be a thrilling ride for players and fans alike.

However, one significant change that has caught fans’ attention is the absence of the Shriners Children’s Open from the 2025 schedule. This marks the end of a 42-year continuous run for the tournament, which began its life in 1983 as the Panasonic Las Vegas Pro-Celebrity Classic. The event had been a staple in Las Vegas, and its removal means that the city will not host a PGA Tour event for the first time in over 40 years.

The PGA Tour’s decision to reduce the number of events in the FedEx Cup Fall schedule from eight to seven has also raised eyebrows. According to Tyler Dennis, the PGA Tour’s chief competitions officer, the changes were made to provide more certainty and equitable playing opportunities for players who earn their cards via the Korn Ferry Tour, DP World Tour, and PGA Tour Q-School.

 

 

 

The PGA Tour is pushing forward with its plans, and commissioner Jay Monahan is confident that the changes will ultimately benefit the sport. However, some fans have expressed disappointment and frustration with the changes, feeling that the tour is abandoning its domestic roots and neglecting other regions – a move that has rubbed some fans the wrong way.

Netizens are hating the 2025 PGA Tour Schedule

Well, it was expected, wasn’t it? I mean, golf fans are already very picky about what they like and what they don’t so I think the tour officials must be also kind of expecting it. See what this fan said, “The Tour (as we know it) is gone”, while the other said, “Think it’ll get added back in that slot for the first week of Oct?” The announced PGA Tour’s 2025 schedule is getting the hate for one reason and one reason only and that is, the Las Vegas event being absent from the lineup for the first time since 1982.

The Shriners Children’s Open, which had been a staple in Las Vegas for 42 years, is no longer on the schedule after Shriners Hospital for Children ended its 17-year title sponsorship. The revised fall schedule features seven events, down from eight in 2024, with the remaining tournaments largely unchanged, except for the Japan stop, which has a new title sponsor, Baycurrent, replacing Zozo. One fan bluntly said, “That’s bulls**t!”

Some fans are also pointing fingers at the leadership, aka, Jay Monahan, and said,

“💩 leadership leads to these results”, while some were wondering, “What the hell are they doing?” Well, Monahan may have made some questionable decisions during his tenure as PGA Tour Commissioner, but his response to concerns about the Tour’s plummeting TV ratings earlier this year was perhaps one of his most egregious missteps. By opting to spin the issue rather than addressing it head-on, Monahan not only undermined trust in the Tour’s leadership but also demonstrated a lack of transparency and accountability.

His claim that

“overall consumption across our platforms in aggregate is up” was a masterclass in obfuscation, leaving many to wonder what exactly he was trying to hide.  But what is your opinion on the matter? Let us know in the comment section below!