The PGA Tour gets pretty hectic for the pros when they have to play back-to-back tournaments, especially, the signature events. Missing more than one designated event may cause a fine from the PGA Tour, thus the golfers have to tee up. And it drains the golfers, no doubt. Just after finishing the Masters at T4, Jordan Spieth spoke out about how he was tired in 2023. He had played nine events before, teeing up at the Augusta National. He said, “I played way too much golf into this. I came in mentally fatigued.”

Even Rory McIlroy was seen fatigued after he missed the cut. The Northern Irishman played six tournaments before the men’s first major, and it probably took a toll on his game. Nonetheless, the PGA Tour pros have time and again expressed that the schedule is stressful for them all. Talking about a similar issue, Max Greyserman also revealed how it has affected his personal life and relationships. Greyserman was the latest guest at the Smylie Kaufman Show and he was talking about how his hobbies were non-existent because of golf.

He further revealed, “I don’t really get to hang out with friends from home while I’m on the road. Obviously, I’m just busy all the time.” The 29-year-old pro has played 26 events so far and it totally shows that he was busy the entire year. Greyserman added that at times, he was playing six tournaments in a row and working for 50 days consecutively, and “it’s a circus” if you ask him.

Undoubtedly, the pros need a better-structured schedule going forward because if not, then their performance gets inflicted and no one wants to watch their favorite down at the bottom of the leaderboard. Seeing the hectic nature of the PGA Tour, Spieth and Greyserman have only talked about it. But the world no. 1 and 3 have decided to make necessary changes in 2025.

PGA Tour’s hectic schedule pushed pros for a 2025 change

Who doesn’t want to win on the PGA Tour? But a signature victory shouldn’t affect a major loss for any pro and that’s what happened with Scottie Scheffler. The world no. 1 won the Memorial Tournament a week before teeing up at Pinehurst No.2. Although he was coming off of a victory, Scheffler’s performance at the US Open was ordinary and he finished T41, the worst scorecard of his 2024 PGA Tour season.

Thus, the 27-year-old decided that he could not afford to lose out on majors by consecutively playing on the PGA Tour. He didn’t play the Genesis Scottish Open for the same reasons and had said, “I think in terms of prep work for a week that I know is going to be as tough as this, I’m leaning, going forward, to maybe not playing the week before [the majors].” 

Similarly, Rory McIlroy has also revealed that he will be playing less on the PGA Tour in 2025. He told James Corrigan of Telegraph Sport that he wouldn’t participate in the Valero Texas Open, RBC Heritage, and Cognizant Classic as he did in 2024. Shockingly, McIlroy wouldn’t be part of the FedEx St. Jude Championship either, and previously, in the season, he intimated that he played way more and looked pretty tired. The hectic schedule of the PGA Tour was also the reason why golfers like Cameron Smith left the league. In the 2025 season, the PGA Tour may change the events timeline so that the pros can rest and play better.