2018–19 PGA Tour

The schedule contains 46 events, two fewer than the previous season. The schedule was shortened in an effort to complete the FedEx Cup Playoffs by the end of August.

As announced in 2017, the PGA Championship was moved from August to May on the weekend before Memorial Day, starting in 2019. The PGA of America cited the addition of golf to the Summer Olympics, as well as cooler weather enabling a wider array of options for host courses, as reasoning for the change. It was also believed that the PGA Tour wished to re-align its season so that the FedEx Cup Playoffs would not have to compete with the start of football season in late-August. Consequently, The Players Championship was moved from May back to March for the first time since 2006.[1][2][3][4]

The PGA Tour added a one-time exemption for those who made 300 career cuts. J.J. Henry was the first to take advantage.

On hiatus: The Houston Open and Greenbrier Classic are not included in the shortened season, but they return in autumn of 2019 as part of the 2020 PGA Tour schedule.[5]

New: Two new events were added to the schedule: the Rocket Mortgage Classic, played at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan, and the 3M Open, played at the TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota.

Relocations: The WGC Invitational was relocated from Akron, Ohio to Memphis, Tennessee when FedEx took over sponsorship of the event. Firestone Country Club no longer hosts a PGA Tour event, but the Senior Players Championship is now contested there, with Bridgestone taking over as that event's title sponsor.[6]

Cancelled: The FedEx St. Jude Classic ceased now that the relocated WGC event, WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, is played at the Classic's former location in Memphis. Quicken Loans National, played in the Washington, D.C. area, no longer appears on the PGA Tour schedule. The FedEx Cup playoff event, Dell Technologies Championship, has also been removed from the schedule with the number of playoff events reducing to three. The Northern Trust will now alternate between New Jersey, and Boston (the site of the Dell Technologies Championship).[7]

From January 1, 2019 onwards, tournaments followed the new rules released by the USGA and the R&A which were designed to speed up the pace of play. The most noticeable changes included golfers being able to putt on the green with the flag remaining in, and drops being made from knee rather than shoulder height.[8]

As well as changes to individual tournament prize funds, the FedEx Cup postseason bonus money increased by $25 million to $60 million, with the FedEx Cup champion getting $15 million. The winner of the Tour Championship will be the FedEx Cup champion. The Tour Championship begins with each player having an adjusted score relative to par which relates to the amount of FedEx Cup points accumulated (previously the Tour Championship was structured similar to other tournaments, and awarded FedEx Cup points). The Tour Championship will no longer have its own separate prize fund.

In addition, the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 is introduced, a $10 million bonus to be divided among the FedEx Cup top 10 regular season finishers.[9]

The tour also introduced the Aon Risk Reward Challenge. In most tournaments, a single hole is allocated to contribute to the challenge. A player's best two scores from every participating event a player competes in throughout the season is used. The player with the lowest average to par score wins $1m. The initiative is replicated on the LPGA Tour.[10]

The following table lists official events for 2018–19.[11]

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	OWGR points	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)	Notes
Oct 7	Safeway Open	California	Kevin Tway (1)	28	6,400,000	1,152,000
Oct 14	CIMB Classic	Malaysia	Marc Leishman (4)	48	7,000,000	1,260,000	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
Oct 21	CJ Cup	South Korea	Brooks Koepka (5)	54	9,500,000	1,710,000
Oct 28	WGC-HSBC Champions	China	Xander Schauffele (3)	66	10,000,000	1,700,000	World Golf Championships
Oct 28	Sanderson Farms Championship	Mississippi	Cameron Champ (1)	24	4,400,000	792,000	Alternate event
Nov 4	Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	Nevada	Bryson DeChambeau (5)	40	7,000,000	1,260,000
Nov 11	Mayakoba Golf Classic	Mexico	Matt Kuchar (8)	40	7,200,000	1,296,000
Nov 18	RSM Classic	Georgia	Charles Howell III (3)	24	6,400,000	1,152,000
Jan 6	Sentry Tournament of Champions	Hawaii	Xander Schauffele (4)	56	6,500,000	1,300,000	Winners-only event
Jan 13	Sony Open in Hawaii	Hawaii	Matt Kuchar (9)	50	6,400,000	1,152,000
Jan 20	Desert Classic	California	Adam Long (1)	42	5,900,000	1,062,000	Pro-am
Jan 27	Farmers Insurance Open	California	Justin Rose (10)	60	7,100,000	1,278,000
Feb 3	Waste Management Phoenix Open	Arizona	Rickie Fowler (5)	56	7,100,000	1,278,000
Feb 11[n 1]	AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	California	Phil Mickelson (44)	46	7,600,000	1,368,000	Celebrity pro-am
Feb 17	Genesis Open	California	J. B. Holmes (5)	64	7,400,000	1,332,000
Feb 24	WGC-Mexico Championship	Mexico	Dustin Johnson (20)	72	10,250,000	1,745,000	World Golf Championships
Feb 24	Puerto Rico Open	Puerto Rico	Martin Trainer (1)	24	3,000,000	540,000	Alternate event
Mar 3	The Honda Classic	Florida	Keith Mitchell (1)	48	6,800,000	1,224,000
Mar 10	Arnold Palmer Invitational	Florida	Francesco Molinari (3)	64	9,100,000	1,638,000	Invitational
Mar 17	The Players Championship	Florida	Rory McIlroy (15)	80	12,500,000	2,250,000	Flagship event
Mar 24	Valspar Championship	Florida	Paul Casey (3)	50	6,700,000	1,206,000
Mar 31	WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play	Texas	Kevin Kisner (3)	76	10,250,000	1,745,000	World Golf Championships
Mar 31	Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship	Dominican Republic	Graeme McDowell (4)	24	3,000,000	540,000	Alternate event
Apr 7	Valero Texas Open	Texas	Corey Conners (1)	40	7,500,000	1,350,000	Won as a Monday qualifier
Apr 14	Masters Tournament	Georgia	Tiger Woods (81)	100	11,500,000	2,070,000	Major championship
Apr 21	RBC Heritage	South Carolina	Pan Cheng-tsung (1)	58	6,900,000	1,242,000	Invitational
Apr 28	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Louisiana	Ryan Palmer (4) & Jon Rahm (3)	n/a	7,300,000	1,051,200 (each)	Team event
May 5	Wells Fargo Championship	North Carolina	Max Homa (1)	50	7,900,000	1,422,000
May 12	AT&T Byron Nelson	Texas	Kang Sung-hoon (1)	40	7,900,000	1,422,000
May 19	PGA Championship	New York	Brooks Koepka (6)	100	11,000,000	1,980,000	Major championship
May 26	Charles Schwab Challenge	Texas	Kevin Na (3)	54	7,300,000	1,314,000	Invitational
Jun 2	The Memorial Tournament	Ohio	Patrick Cantlay (2)	68	9,100,000	1,638,000	Invitational
Jun 9	RBC Canadian Open	Ontario	Rory McIlroy (16)	48	7,600,000	1,368,000
Jun 16	U.S. Open	California	Gary Woodland (4)	100	12,500,000	2,250,000	Major championship
Jun 23	Travelers Championship	Connecticut	Chez Reavie (2)	58	7,200,000	1,296,000
Jun 30	Rocket Mortgage Classic	Michigan	Nate Lashley (1)	46	7,300,000	1,314,000	New tournament
Jul 7	3M Open	Minnesota	Matthew Wolff (1)	44	6,400,000	1,152,000	New tournament Won on sponsor exemption
Jul 14	John Deere Classic	Illinois	Dylan Frittelli (1)	24	6,000,000	1,080,000
Jul 21	The Open Championship	Northern Ireland	Shane Lowry (2)	100	10,750,000	1,935,000	Major championship
Jul 21	Barbasol Championship	Kentucky	Jim Herman (2)	24	3,500,000	630,000	Alternate event
Jul 28	WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational	Tennessee	Brooks Koepka (7)	72	10,250,000	1,745,000	World Golf Championships
Jul 28	Barracuda Championship	California	Collin Morikawa (1)	24	3,500,000	630,000	Alternate event
Aug 4	Wyndham Championship	North Carolina	J. T. Poston (1)	44	6,200,000	1,116,000
Aug 11	The Northern Trust	New Jersey	Patrick Reed (7)	76	9,250,000	1,665,000	FedEx Cup Playoffs
Aug 18	BMW Championship	Illinois	Justin Thomas (10)	72	9,250,000	1,665,000	FedEx Cup Playoffs
Aug 25	Tour Championship	Georgia	Rory McIlroy (17)	60[n 2]	n/a[n 3]		FedEx Cup Playoffs

The following events do not carry FedEx Cup points or official money.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner(s)	OWGR points	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)	Notes
Nov 23	The Match: Tiger vs. Phil[14]	Nevada	Phil Mickelson	n/a	9,000,000	9,000,000	2 man event
Nov 25	World Cup of Golf	Australia	Belgium Thomas Pieters & Thomas Detry	n/a	7,000,000	1,120,000 (each)	28 two-man teams
Dec 2	Hero World Challenge	Bahamas	Jon Rahm	48	3,500,000	1,000,000	18-player field
Dec 9	QBE Shootout	Florida	Patton Kizzire & Brian Harman	n/a	3,300,000	410,000 (each)	12 two-player teams
Dec 16	PNC Father-Son Challenge	Florida	Davis Love III & Dru Love	n/a	1,085,000	200,000	20 two-player teams

The distribution of points for 2019 PGA Tour events is:

Tour Championship starting strokes, based on position in the FedEx Cup rankings after the BMW Championship:

FedEx Cup standing of the 30 qualifiers for the Tour Championship:

Pos.	Player			Players & Majors					World Golf Champ.				Top 10s in other PGA Tour events							Regular season points		Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]		Total points	Tour Champ.[lower-alpha 2]			Tmts		Money ($m)[lower-alpha 3]
	Nat.	Name		Ply	Mas	PGA	USO	Opn	Cha	Mex	MP	Inv	1	2	3	4	5	6	7			NoTr	BMW		Start	Final				Basic	Wynd. Top10	FedEx Bonus
1		McIlroy		1st	T21	T8	T9	CUT	T54	2nd	T9	T4	T4	T5	T4	T6	T9	1st		2,315		T6	T19	2,842	−5	−18		19		7.79	1.50	15.00
2		Schauffele		CUT	T2	T16	T3	T41	1st	T14	T24	T27	1st	T10						1,858		CUT	T16	2,030	−4	−14		21		5.61	1.10	5.00
T3		Koepka		T56	T2	1st	2nd	T4	T16	T27	T56	1st	1st	T2	4th					2,887		T30	T24	3,119	−7	−13		21		9.68	2.00[lower-alpha 4]	3.50
T3		Thomas		T35	T12	A	CUT	T11	A	9th	T24	T12	T5	3rd	3rd	2nd				1,247		T12	1st	3,475	−10	−13		20		5.01		3.50
5		Casey		CUT	CUT	T29	T21	T57	T16	T3	T9	T27	2nd	1st	T4	T5				1,629		A	T24	1,768	−2	−9		22		4.26	0.60	2.50
6		Scott		T12	T18	T8	T7	CUT	T18	A	A	T40	T10	2nd	T7	2nd				1,124		5th	T9	1,874	−3	−8		18		4.08		1.90
7		Finau		T22	T5	T64	CUT	3rd	2nd	T25	T40	T27	2nd							1,279		T30	4th	1,911	−3	−7		25		4.34		1.30
8		Reavie		CUT	A	T14	T3	CUT	T35	T65	T56	T27	T7	T3	T4	1st				1,309		T38	T57	1,394	−1	−6		28		3.66		1.10
T9		Kisner		T22	T21	CUT	T49	T30	A	T27	1st	T27	T7	T5						1,098		T12	T9	1,639	−2	−5		25		3.49		0.84
T9		Matsuyama		T8	T32	T16	T21	CUT	T30	T19	T24	T43	T3	T9	6th	T7				969		T59	3rd	1,821	−3	−5		24		3.34		0.84
T9		Reed		T47	T36	CUT	T32	10th	T7	T14	T24	T12	T5							774		1st	T19	2,946	−6	−5		25		3.59		0.84
T12		DeChambeau		T20	T29	CUT	T35	CUT	A	T56	T40	T48	1st	7th	T10	T8	T2			1,203		T24	T48	1,371	Even	−4		21		3.19		0.68
T12		Rahm		T12	T9	CUT	T3	T11	T22	T45	T24	7th	T8	6th	T5	T10	T9	T6	1st	1,447		T3	T5	2,517	−4	−4		20		4.99	0.50	0.68
14		Kokrak		T47	A	T23	A	T32	A	A	A	A	T9	T10	T2	T7	T6			721		T12	T19	1,254	Even	−3		24		2.33		0.62
15		Woodland		T30	T32	T8	1st	CUT	A	T17	T17	T55	T5	2nd	T10	2nd	T9	T7		1,795		T52	T31	1,912	−3	−2		24		5.69	1.00	0.60
T16		Fleetwood		T5	T36	T48	T65	2nd	T7	T19	T24	T4	T3	2nd						1,193		T43	T11	1,479	−1	−1		18		3.85		0.55
T16		Kuchar		T26	T12	T8	T16	T41	A	50th	2nd	T43	1st	1st	T4	T7	2nd	T4		2,313		CUT	T52	2,339	−4	−1		22		6.29	1.20	0.55
T16		Simpson		T16	T5	T29	T16	T30	A	T39	T56	2nd	3rd	T8	T2	2nd				1,619		T18	T24	1,946	−4	−1		21		4.69	0.55	0.55
T19		Fowler		T47	T9	T36	T43	T6	A	T36	A	A	T4	1st	T2	T4				1,391		CUT	T11	1,637	−2	Even		20		3.95		0.51
T19		Im		CUT	A	CUT	A	CUT	A	A	A	A	T4	T7	T3	T4	T7	7th	T6	1,097		T38	T11	1,407	−1	Even		35		2.85		0.51
T21		Ancer		T12	A	T16	T49	CUT	A	T39	T17	A	T5	T4	T8					622		2nd	T28	1,940	−4	+1		27		2.69		0.48
T21		Cantlay		CUT	T9	T3	T21	T41	T7	T6	T24	T12	2nd	T9	T3	1st				1,730		T12	2nd	3,157	−8	+1		21		6.12	0.85	0.48
T21		Oosthuizen		T56	T29	T60	T7	T20	A	T25	T5	T20	T5	T2						754		T6	T11	1,355	Even	+1		19		2.94		0.48
T24		Leishman		CUT	T49	CUT	T35	CUT	A	T62	T9	3rd	1st	T4	T3	T4	5th			1,415		CUT	T19	1,587	−1	+2		21		3.89		0.45
T24		Snedeker		T5	CUT	T16	77th	CUT	T30	A	T24	T27	T2	T4	T5					934		T6	T5	1,709	−2	+2		27		3.12		0.45
T26		Conners		T41	T46	T64	A	CUT	A	A	A	T27	2nd	T3	1st					962		T21	T7	1,476	−1	+3		28		2.92		0.43
T26		Rose		T8	CUT	T29	T3	T20	3rd	A	T9	11th	1st	3rd						1,423		T10	T52	1,739	−2	+3		17		4.36		0.43
28		Howell III		T35	T32	T41	T52	A	A	T14	T24	A	T5	1st	T8	6th	T6			1,279		CUT	T37	1,345	Even	+4		27		3.04		0.43
T29		Glover		CUT	A	T16	CUT	T20	A	A	A	A	T7	T7	T4	T10	T7	T10		944		T43	T7	1,337	Even	+10		26		2.61		0.40
T29		D Johnson		T5	T2	2nd	T35	T51	T30	1st	T40	T20	T4	T9	T6					1,686		T24	T57	1,840	−3	+10		19		5.53	0.70	0.40

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