Tour News
The PGA Championship will move to May in 2019
According to insider information obtained by the Associated Press, the PGA Championship will permanently move from August to May starting in 2019, when the event is being held at Bethpage State Park’s Black Course.
The report also says that the Players Championship will move from its May slot back into March, when the event was held originally.
The AP News reports these changes were made because of golf’s reinstatement to the Summer Olympics.
Here is the report in its entirety below.
The Associated Press has learned the PGA Championship is moving to May for the first time in 70 years when it goes to Bethpage Black in New York in 2019.
The move from August to May has been in the works for the last four years, and it involves The Players Championship moving from May back to its original March date.
Two officials involved in the discussions say the PGA of America will discuss details of the move as early as Tuesday at Quail Hollow Club. They spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Monday because it has not been announced.
The catalyst behind the change was golf’s return to the Olympics. The PGA of America is interested in moving into the middle of the major championship season instead of the end. It also loosens the schedule in Olympic years.
We will update this story as more details become available.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
GolfWRX is live on site this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s one-and-only two-man team event.
As usual, general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums — including some pretty spicy custom putters and headcovers — await your viewing.
Be sure to check back for more photos from the Big Easy, as we’ll continue to update this page with additional galleries throughout the week.
General Albums
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #2
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Alex Fitzpatrick – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Austin Cook – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Alejandro Tosti – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Davis Riley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- MJ Daffue – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Nate Lashley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- James Nicholas – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Kevin Streelman – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rasmus Hojgaard – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Tom Whitney – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- SangMoon Bae – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Daniel Berger – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rory McIlroy – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Russ Cochrane – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Aldrich Potgieter – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
Pullout Albums
- MJ Daffue’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Cameron putters – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Swag covers ( a few custom for Nick Hardy) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Custom Bettinardi covers for Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Doug Ghim’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
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Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage
GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.
We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.
We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.
Check out links to all our photos, below.
General Albums
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #2
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Justin Thomas – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Rose – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Nick Dunlap – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Thomas Detry – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Austin Eckroat – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Jason Day – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Will Zalatoris – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Ludvig Aberg – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Collin Morikawa – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Stephen Jaeger – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
Pullout Albums
- Wyndham Clark’s Odyssey putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- JT’s new Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Thomas testing new Titleist 2 wood – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey putter with triple track alignment aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Scotty Cameron The Blk Box putting alignment aid/training aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey Ai One Eleven T putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Christian Bezuidenhout – testing new Callaway Ti 340 mini driver – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele testing the Callaway Ti 340 mini driver & the DUW – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Byeong Hun An, two new L.A.B. Golf putter builds with “T” alignment – 2024 RBC Heritage
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Photos from the 2024 Valero Texas Open
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Valero Texas Open.
The event has been around since 1922, making it one of the oldest on the PGA Tour calendar. Over the years, it’s been held at a variety of courses across the Lone Star State, but it’s found its home at TPC San Antonio in recent years. Some of the biggest names in golf have taken home the title here, including Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, and Ben Crenshaw.
GolfWRX has its usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs and special pull-out albums. As always, we’ll continue to update the links below as more photos come in from TPC San Antonio.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Ben Taylor – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Paul Barjon – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Joe Sullivan – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Wilson Furr – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Willman – SoTex PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Jimmy Stanger – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Rickie Fowler – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Harrison Endycott – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Vince Whaley – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Kevin Chappell – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Christian Bezuidenhout – WITB (mini) – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Scott Gutschewski – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
Pullout Albums
- Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Taylor with new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Swag cover – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Greyson Sigg’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Davis Riley’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Josh Teater’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hzrdus T1100 is back – – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Mark Hubbard testing ported Titleist irons – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Tyson Alexander testing new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Cobra putters – 2024 Valero Texas Open
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Holly Sonders
Aug 8, 2017 at 11:50 am
What people aren’t talking about is that the biggest loser of all is Bay Hill! It already was losing its prestige. Will now have as much importance as the Byron Nelson. SAD!
Gordy
Aug 8, 2017 at 9:27 am
Great move and I love it…I think a little adverse weather state side for a major could give the PGA the identity we’ve all been begging for. All the negative Nancy’s on this web site wouldn’t like any move to include keeping it where it is already. Good move PGA now if the USGA could figure a way to be smart on issues Golf will have a fighting chance.
Hans
Aug 8, 2017 at 9:21 am
Makes a lot of sense with Olympics. Will make it harder to go to as many Northern courses as is in the past, but it will mean a ton of Southern courses that have weather issues in August will be become much more viable options. A major in Florida or Texas will be on the agenda now.
The big question this begs imo tho is what do they do the playoffs now, do the move them up to avoid football (likely) and have the season end before Labor Day? If so, they are going to be putting Tour Championship on in August. When Atlanta started hosting the tour championship, it was in October or November, just glorious weather in Atlanta, it doesn’t get much better. Then in moved to late Sept, which can sometimes be hot, still while not the perfect weather later, overall nice. However, late August in Atlanta is pushing it. Sometimes it can be ok, but it’s going to hot and muggy a lot. East Lake can handle it, but I doubt the sponsor Coke is too excited about it.
Sour Grapes
Aug 8, 2017 at 7:41 am
So much for Glory’s last shot… I personally do not like golf as an Olympic sport (is that is what you want to call it) and I think this move is a bad idea!
gvogelsang
Aug 8, 2017 at 6:49 am
This will end the PGA Championship as an important major. It will become an afterthought. The big season ending tournament will be the Fraud-X Cup in Atlanta. Monaghan wins, PGA loses. History goes down the drain.
Bert
Aug 8, 2017 at 9:24 am
Exactly! The least of the majors anyway, now will be meaningless. The FedEx Cup is nothing to the history of the game, just big bucks in peoples pockets, and produces the continuous boring updates of the standings. I have a hard time remembering won won last year, and certainly can’t remember others, who cares!
Maybe this will enable The Memorial to step forward into perhaps “Major” status.
Frankie
Aug 8, 2017 at 1:27 pm
It was ruined when the PGA Tour decided to place the WGC Bridgestone event the week before the PGA Championship, giving players a headache on whether they should play at the WGC Bridgestone or prepare for the PGA Championship on its host course the week before, as Tiger and Nicklaus did just that for every major. This is a great move by the PGA.
Ronald Montesano
Aug 8, 2017 at 6:15 am
This could not be worse news. Has anyone paid attention to the 2002 and 2009 US Opens at Bethpage? Sunday in 2002 was cold and rainy, and they ran out of coffee (who sells coffee at golf tournaments?) 2009 was a cold, rainy mess, a nightmare for the tournament, which barely finished.
Bethpage is not the Hamptons, where the soil is super sandy and drains beautifully. Watch the 2018 US Open at Shinnecock, and see if the rain impacts play (spoiler: it won’t.) This is interesting if true, as it makes one wonder exactly what will replace a major in the month of August.
Chris C.
Aug 7, 2017 at 10:20 pm
Apparently, the players like the idea of getting the majors out of the way as soon as possible. The Players will start the “golf season” in March (Winter in Wisconsin). The Master will of course remain in April (still Winter). The new PGA will be in May (snow has finally melted and all courses have opened for play in Wisconsin). U.S. Open in June (the only Major that can be played in the Northern states). The Open in July can then close the “golf season”.
D
Aug 8, 2017 at 2:28 am
Well, now that the season is a wrap-around and there is no true Holiday break as in the past during the months of November and December, it’s a very long season for most as they play pretty much all year long. But this new scheduling with the Players in March and PGA in May will definitely mess up some players who won’t be able to shift their pace of so many big ones so close to each other to recoup from their injury-stricken bodies. So many big events run through like that is going to hurt a lot of players but may allow some of the fringe ones to grab a few.
Ryan
Aug 7, 2017 at 5:57 pm
Won’t this take a lot of course is in the northeast and midwest out of the picture for this event? Average high of 68 an average low of 51 in May for Farmingdale, NY where Bethpage is.
It also doesn’t leave a lot of “grow” time for the course in the north to even get ready.