PGA Tour expands schedule

Three more tournaments plus accommodations for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo were announced Monday as the PGA Tour unveiled its 201920 schedule.

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

Eleven events will be held between September and November, including two new tournaments: the ZOZO Championship in Japan from Oct. 2427 and the Bermuda Championship from 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 that the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit moves up a month to late May and the World Golf ChampionshipsFedEx St. Jude Invitational and Barracuda Championship will move up a few weeks to the first week of July.

“After a very successful first year with our new schedule, we are thrilled to expand the number of events to 49 while maintaining a great flow from start-to-finish, allowing our fans to better engage and follow the Tour throughout the season,” said PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan on the tour’s website.

2020 major dates

❚ Masters, Augusta National, April 9-12 ❚ PGA Championship, TPC Harding Park, May 14-17

❚ U.S. Open, Winged Foot, June 18-21 ❚ British Open, Royal St. George’s, July 16-19