PGA Tour is finally bringing match play to its postseason beginning in 2028 in no-brainer decision
In June, the Tour announced that it will roll out an entirely new competitive structure starting in 2028 with two different tracks, the PGA Tour Championship Series and the PGA Tour Challenger Series.It was assumed that the finale for the Championship Series would include some form of match play, and the Tour made it official with an announcement laying out all of the details on Tuesday.The Top 90 finishers on the PGA Tour Championship Series points list will retain their membership cards for the following year, and those 90 players will also qualify for the Championship Series Finale.
The 90-player, 72-hole stroke play event will essentially serve as the first playoff event, which will then lead into a match play event that will take place across two weeks.Brian Rolapp, CEO of the PGA Tour, speaks to the media prior to THE PLAYERS Championship 2026 at THE PLAYERS Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass on March 11, 2026 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.(Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)RORY MCILROY GETS SNARKY ON THE RETURN OF LIV GOLF PLAYERS TO PGA TOUR: 'HAVE THEY BROUGHT VALUE?'The Championship Series Finale will award two separate titles - the season-long points winner and winner of the stroke play event - and the Top 32 players on the final season-long points list will advance to match play.The two-week event will still be called the Tour Championship, but it will be the first of its kind.The first week will see the 32-player field split into eight groups of four that will compete in group match play across three days.
The top two players in each group will then advance to the second week of the Tour Championship.In a fun wrinkle worth mentioning, if there is a tie at the conclusion of group play, a playoff will take place to determine who will advance, instead of any sort of margin-of-victory tiebreaker or any others determined on paper.Scottie Scheffler of the United States celebrates with the trophy after winning during the final round of the FedEx St.Jude Championship...