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PGA Tour CEO gives glimpse of goals for new competitive model

AP file photo by Mike Stewart / Brian Rolapp was named CEO of the PGA Tour last June, and early in his tenure he began the work of overhauling its competitive model, a process that is ongoing.
AP file photo by Mike Stewart / Brian Rolapp was named CEO of the PGA Tour last June, and early in his tenure he began the work of overhauling its competitive model, a process that is ongoing. AP file photo by Mike Stewart / Brian Rolapp was named CEO of the PGA Tour last June, and early in his tenure he began the work of overhauling its competitive model, a process that is ongoing.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press 5 min read

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The PGA Tour wants to double the number of signature events and expand fields to 120 players with a 36-hole cut as it looks to overhaul its competitive model to bring the best golfers together on the best courses in big markets.

It also would lead to two tracks of tournaments: some two dozen elite events, and the rest of the tournaments that would be geared toward promotion.

Missing from CEO Brian Rolapp’s news conference Wednesday were several key details, and he emphasized that nothing has been finalized.

“It is by no means a baked cake,” Rolapp said. “These are simple areas we are starting to see a meaningful consensus.”

This was pulling back the curtain on the work of the PGA Tour’s “Future Competition Committee,” which Rolapp created in August while appointing Tiger Woods as its chairman.