DUBLIN, Ohio — The PGA Tour is making what CEO Brian Rolapp called substantial progress on a revamped model that would restore 36-hole cuts to all of its top tournaments.
Rolapp said Wednesday that the finished product probably won’t be ready until 2028 and would be a system “that outlives any player.”
The tour is moving toward a model of two tracks that Rolapp first mentioned in March. The top track for the top performers, a group of 12o to 130 players, would be roughly 16 tournaments, not including the majors or the FedEx Cup postseason.
The second track would be for those aspiring to get to the first track. The purses would be smaller and the title sponsors would pay less. Still under discussion is whether players could move up to the season in the middle of the season depending on their performance, such as winning multiple times.
Key to a new model, Rolapp said, was bringing back the 36-hole cut, which would make sense if the fields are going from 72 players to 120 players or more. The tour currently has “Signature Events” with 72 players and a 36-hole cut at only three such events hosted by golf greats.