Jason Gore Makes a Mammoth Announcement for a Balanced PGA Tour 2024 Season for the ‘Top and Hot Guys’

For long, PGA Tour faced criticism for not getting top players on the field. Critics pointed out the competitiveness of the field was being compromised. Another mounting criticism was the Tour was ‘bent’ towards the established players, making it harder for average players and rising stars to break into the top rung.

To address this, the points structure went through a much-need overhaul and interconnected events came into play. Now, Jason Gore, Pro Golfer and Executive Vice President of the Tour spoke to SiriusXM about the thought process behind introducing the revamp. Apparently, the Tour wanted both “hot” and “top” players in the field. 

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First, what’s the difference between a top player and a hot player? Gore explains, “Top players… are the guys who play bad and finish 12.“, whereas, “Hot players are the guys that get hot during the season and we want them in those tournaments.” Gore was “adamant” about this and wanted to offer both the groups a fair shot at victory.

The 2022-23 PGA Tour season featured 47 official events that offered FedEx Cup points based on the finish positions after each event. The top seventy players had the chance to tee up at the FedEx playoffs, which culminated in the season-ending Tour Championship. 

“We wanna make sure that these hot players get in,” says Gore. Gore and the Tour committee wanted to give these players a chance to line up at the signature events. “We had to make it attainable, we had to make it aspirational. So that was kind of where the FedEx Cup points and the swing series kind of came in,” adds the 49-year-old golfer.

Notably, FedEx Cup playoff events offered more points (2000) to the winner than any regular events (500). On the other hand, the eight signature events next year will reward 700 points to the winner. Jason Gore, explains the rationale. It’s aimed at getting the ‘hot’ players into the signature events. If a golfer “comes in and let’s say he finishes for four signature events, he’s gonna fly up the leaderboard, like fly up the FedEx Cup points list.”  

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The first signature event, The Sentry, will feature the top fifty members from this year’s FedEx points list. With an anticipated field strength of 70-80 players, 15 spots are up for grabs for anyone who can cut through the clutter from The Next 10 and Swing 5. The schedule revamp is part of a broader plan to address many of PGAT Pro’s concerns.

The main aim of the sea of changes in the PGA Tour was to bring more diversity to the field. Interestingly, the Tour is also returning to a calendar-year schedule after eleven years. The next season with the interconnected 18 full-field events and eight signature events is aimed at bringing more drama into the Tour.

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