Justin Thomas suggests the PGA Tour have changed something which not one player agrees is a ‘good move’

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Justin Thomas is one of the biggest stars on the PGA Tour, so it goes without saying that his thoughts and opinions should always be taken on board.

Thomas returned to the PGA Tour winner’s circle in 2025, after triumphing at the RBC Heritage back in April.

However, 2025 was far from his best year out on Tour.

Justin Thomas is currently recovering after undergoing surgery, and it remains to be seen whether he will come back stronger on the PGA Tour next year.

The 32-year-old is a real crowd-pleaser and is always a huge draw, so the PGA Tour powers that be will be hoping he returns to his very best form as quickly as possible.

He is the type of player who thrives during intense atmospheres, due to his fiery on-course attitude.

Thomas is outspoken when it comes to his opinions on the PGA Tour in general, and his latest comments may well have got the PGA Tour hierarchy thinking.

With so much change to the PGA Tour schedule being mooted, Thomas has an idea of his own regarding a great way to add even more excitement to the product on offer.

Justin Thomas says not one player agrees with what the PGA Tour have changed

There are big changes happening on the PGA Tour right in front of our eyes.

Brian Rolapp was named as the new PGA Tour CEO earlier this year, and he seems intent on improving the product as a whole.

Now Thomas has told Rolapp the exact change he needs to make moving forward.

When speaking on the No Laying Up Podcast, the 32-year-old American urged the PGA Tour to return to places like New York and Chicago.

He said: “I am on a different sub committee [to Harris English] and haven’t been in those conversations. There has been so many iterations or talks or versions of what the future could look like.

“I think the core is good it just needs some rearranging and maximising opportunities.

“It was always so fun my first couple of years on Tour, we had that tournament on Tour, The Barclays, which was up in New York or New Jersey. And then we would go to Boston. So many people came out and it was so fun.

“Obviously New York and Boston are massive markets and I just think it’s hard when someone comes to those events and offers up a huge sum of money, it’s hard to say no to, but it’s hard for us to get as excited about playing some of these places when they are not the atmosphere we should be having at a playoff event.

“Like Chicago, the amount of good golf courses in Chicago we don’t play, it sucks really. The amount of players and fans that have experienced it, I can’t imagine one player who thinks it’s a good move missing those events.

“I think it’s a little bit of fat trimming and making what we have way better and I think he has got those intentions. I’m sure there will be some big changes at some point.“

The PGA Tour moved away from play-off events in the North East back in 2023, after the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields in Chicago.

It was a change that all of the players were not happy with, according to Thomas, understandably so.

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The Truist Championship was held at Philly Cricket Club in May, and it was well received by fans and players alike.

The golf course is an old-fashioned one and quintessentially North Eastern, with its well-bunkered fairways and greens and subtly undulating surfaces.

The A.W. Tillinghast design showed the PGA Tour that there is a huge market for golf up in the North East, and Thomas clearly alluded to the fact that more events should be held in that part of the country.

Aside from Philadelphia, the PGA Tour should be doing everything they can to host events in cities like New York, New Jersey and Chicago.

Sports fans are naturally more passionate around those parts and the PGA Tour are missing a trick by not holding some of their bigger tournaments in any of those cities.

It’s clear to see that Thomas and his fellow PGA Tour pros would love to see a couple of events up in the North East added to the schedule moving forward.