The annual announcement of the following year’s PGA Tour schedule sometimes causes controversy, but this year’s reveal of the key events for 2025 was relatively unremarkable.
It certainly doesn’t contain any of the major changes we expect from the LPGA Tour announcement that will be made in November, but although the women’s game is increasing in profile, the announcement of a new LPGA schedule just doesn’t cut through in the same way. You can learn why women’s golf is not as popular as men’s in this comprehensive article by IGN.
So, what exactly can we expect from the 2025 PGA schedule, and which players should we be looking for in the main events over the next 12 months?
Calendar year and Signature Events
As with this year’s schedule, 2025 has a calendar year structure, although technically, it gets under way in the final hours of 2024 with the first day of The Sentry at the Plantation Course in Maui.
This tournament is also the first of eight PGA Signature Events to be staged during the first six months of the year. In February, it will be the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, followed by the Genesis Invitational and Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, and April’s RBC Heritage. There are two Signature Events in May – the Truist Championship and the Memorial Tournament – with the Travelers Championship being held in June.
The eight Signature Events structure is part of an overall season schedule that includes 39 events, of which 18 are full-field competitions.
Memorial changes
Perhaps the biggest change in the schedule for 2025 is associated with the Memorial Tournament. In 2024, it was staged just before the US Open, from June 6 to June 9, but in 2025, it will be earlier in the calendar, in the week of May 26. In its place, the RBC Canadian Open will serve as the final event before the second Major of the year.
In fact, this represents a return to Memorial’s usual place, in the week after Memorial Day. Ahead of the 2024 event, Jack Nicklaus said that he had agreed to switch it to help out the PGA Tour, but was keen to ensure that it would go back to its normal spot in the calendar in 2025.
It seems likely that this move will also be appreciated by many of the PGA players. Scottie Scheffler was perhaps the most prominent critic of the 2024 event date, suggesting that fatigue was a factor in his US Open performance, as the tournament came directly after Memorial.
FedEx playoffs and fall conclusion
The second half of the 2025 season will follow a familiar pattern to that of the 2024 version. The Wyndham Championship will once again be the final event before the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs. The Wyndham will be staged in the week starting July 28, and the following week, the playoffs will get under way with the FedEx St. Jude Championship, which will be followed by the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship in August.
As with 2024, the season as a whole will come to an end with the FedEx Cup Fall events, which will determine which players make it into the top 125 for the 2026 campaign, although the detailed schedule for this final lap of the 2025 season has not yet been announced.
Key players for 2025
Scottie Scheffler won seven tournaments in 2024, bookending his dominance with a second Masters title and a first Tour Championship success, and maintaining his world number one ranking throughout. Scheffler will once again be the player to beat in 2025, and a third Masters, along with another Major, would not be a huge surprise.
His main opposition could once again come from Xander Schauffele, who set a Major championship record when he registered -21 at the PGA Championship to clinch his first Major, then followed up with a win in the Open, pulling away from the field in style on the final day. He has nine PGA trophies in his collection but he is sure to add significantly to that number before 2025 is over.
Finally, the 2025 season could also see the return of Rory McIlroy as a Major winner. He hasn’t landed one of the big ones since 2014, but next year, the USPGA, which he has won twice, will be staged at Quail Hollow, where he is the four-time winner of the Wells Fargo Championship. Could 2025 be the year when he finally lands his fifth Major?
