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2013-14 PGA Tour schedule elongates, segments new season
If you had been thinking September was awfully early in the calendar year to wind down the PGA Tour season, you’ll probably change your tune come a year and three days from now.
At that time, the 2013-2014 TOUR Championship will have concluded at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, capping off a season that will have begun just under 11 months prior, at the Frys.com Open in Silicon Valley.
Anyone who may have thought the PGA Tour season was growing too much like a sprint will be pleased to look back on the coming season as more of a marathon.
The Tour has released the 2013-14 schedule, which will see a single season take place in two calendar years for the first time in the modern era of professional golf. The upcoming offseason will be one of the shortest in professional sport—a grand total of 14 days. For many, there won’t be time to put down the clubs for even a week, much less take a bit of a sabbatical and recharge their physical and emotional batteries.
The aforementioned Frys.com Open begins less than a month from now, on Oct. 10, at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, Calif. It won’t be as pat an opening to the season as the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii—a purse-fattening event open to all winners of Tour events the previous season—but that may prove a welcome change. As beautiful as the Hawaiian scenery is, especially on HD televisions, the laid-back nature of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions has always made for a bit of a sleepy start because every player in the field will have full Tour status for the entire year anyway.
Not so under the new Tour schedule. From the first shot on Thursday at the Frys.com, the race to capture career-saving victories, maiden triumphs and a generally positive frame of competitive mind will be on in earnest. Five of the first six tournaments of the year should see fields that, while sometimes lacking in the bigger names, will produce plenty of high-quality golf. Many of the key figures in these events will have either just earned their chance on the PGA Tour or eked out a top-125 money list finish to keep their cards. Either way, the late-season pressure will be fresh in their minds and they will be doing all they can to ensure they will avoid it this time around.
Some other items of interest about the new schedule:
- The new schedule takes the best players in the world to some exotic locales early in the year. Note the CIMB Classic, the third event of the year, to be played at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club in Malaysia’s capital city. The following week, the World Golf Championships – HSBC Champions will be contested in China, at Shanghai’s Sheshan International Golf Club.
- The newly-named OHL Classic at Mayakoba receives its own date after being shifted from the shortened 2013 season to the beginning of the 2013-2014 schedule: November 11-14. Previously, the event had been played on the same dates as the World Golf Championships – Accenture Match Play Championship. With its own place on the schedule, the popular event should attract an even better field.
- The World Cup of Golf, a two-man team event where each team represents a different country, will be played at the incomparable Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia, which drew rave reviews while hosting the 2011 Presidents Cup. Due to the time difference, the live telecast will run from 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. ET, but it will be well worth staying up past one’s normal bedtime just to gawk at Alister Mackenzie’s masterpiece.
- Players feeling the fatigue of a stressful end-of-season followed nearly immediately by the beginning of a new one will benefit from a more significant break, which will run from Thanksgiving up to New Years. Wisely, the PGA Tour is not going to compete with college and professional football for a significant chunk of the late fall and early winter. This time away will allow players to freshen up and allow fans to build up excitement for the 2014 portion of the schedule.
As has happened with the FedEx Cup, it will take a few years to grow accustomed to the new schedule. With 45 total events, the PGA Tour schedule will be an exercise in pacing for both players and fans who will all be hoping to keep burnout to a minimum.
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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matthieu Pavon – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rory McIlroy – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Pullout Albums
See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.
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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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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
- Steve Stricker WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Drew Brees WITB (Legendary New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Derek Carr (New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Thriston Lawrence 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
- Patrick Cantlay spotted testing a Scotty Cameron blade putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
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AJ
Sep 11, 2013 at 5:06 pm
give the guys a break to recharge and lets watch some football!