PGA Tour schedule expands in 2019-20

The PGA Tour has announced its schedule for the 2019-20 season, which includes three more tournaments plus accommodations for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

The Waste Management Phoenix Open remains in its traditional spot during Super Bowl week. The 2020 tournament will be played Jan. 30-Feb. 2 at TPC Scottsdale.

The season, which starts Sept. 12-15 with A Military Tribute at the Greenbrier, will have 49 FedEx Cup tournaments.

There will be 11 events between September and November, including two new tournaments: the ZOZO Championship in Japan – Oct. 24-27 – and the Bermuda Championship – Oct. 31 to Nov. 3.

The Greenbrier and the Houston Open, also on the fall schedule, return to the PGA Tour schedule after oneyear absences.

As for the Olympics, the golf competition will be July 27 to Aug. 2, creating an open week on the PGA Tour schedule, which will then resume with the Wyndham Championship and the three FedExCup playoff events.

Once the calendar flips to 2020, the schedule is mostly unchanged, except:

❚ The Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit moves up a month to late May.

❚ The World Golf ChampionshipsFedEx St. Jude Invitational and Barracuda Championship will move up a few weeks to the first week of July.

Notable tournaments

❚ The Players Championship, TPC Sawgrass, March 12-15

❚ Masters, Augusta National, April 9-12

❚ PGA Championship, TPC Harding Park, May 14-17

❚ U.S. Open, Winged Foot, June 1821 ❚ The British Open, George’s, July 16-19

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