Roughly half of the events that will make up the top tier of the PGA Tour’s new competitive model have been revealed, with Tuesday’s announcement that the Cadillac Championship will join the circuit’s Championship Series beginning in 2028.
The Cadillac Championship returned to the Tour schedule last season at Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster, which had been a Tour staple. The event joins the Travelers Championship, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Sentry at Torrey Pines (Calif.) and a new event that will be sponsored by Sompo, an insurance and financial services company, as Championship Series events.
The Championship Series will feature 23-24 events, including the four majors, The Players Championship, the international team competitions and the reimagined post-season, which will likely be two events. That means 12 of the top-tier events have been announced, with a source confirming the Tour is also pursuing events in large markets like Boston, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the circuit already has one new market lined up for 2028 and are in deep discussions with various other cities.
The Tour has also approached East Lake, which has hosted the Tour Championship since 2004, about possibly hosting a Championship Series event in the spring, although the club’s leadership said in a letter to members in June that it’s “not in the club’s or community’s best interest to host a regular season PGA Tour event” in the spring.
The Tour is expected to announce the entire 2028 schedule, including the Challenger Series events, in late January.
Cameron Young won this year’s Cadillac Championship over world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.
