Dan Rapaport has shared what he has heard from some at Riviera amid recent claims that the iconic venue could host a PGA Tour event during the final stages of the season in a revamped schedule.
There is plenty of intrigue surrounding how the new PGA Tour schedule is going to look from 2027 onwards. There is an expectation that Brian Rolapp will oversee a drastic transformation as he looks to maximise the tour’s potential.
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Speaking last year, Harris English hinted that the PGA Tour schedule could last just 20 events. Meanwhile, Tiger Woods recently spoke of the importance of having the strongest tour possible.
With that, there have been reports that trips to both Riviera and Pebble Beach could be moved to the weeks currently occupied by the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Dan Rapaport reacts to reports Riviera could host a PGA Tour event in August
While it is always special whenever the tour visits Riviera or Pebble Beach, some obviously think that February is not the best spot in the calendar.
But speaking on Dan on Golf, Dan Rapaport suggested that those at Riviera were just as surprised by the reports.
“We’ve heard all this talk, some people saying, ‘oh, it’s a done deal that Riviera and Pebble Beach are going to be played in August’. That is just not true,” he said.
“I was at Riviera asking people just last week and they were like, ‘we don’t have a tournament in August. We don’t feel like our golf course is the way we want it and it’s not the time of year that we like’. So there’s definitely a lot of negotiations going on.”
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If the PGA Tour does cut the schedule down to fewer than 25 events, you would like to think that almost every course on the calendar will be notable.
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Much may come down to what the sponsors and the television companies want, particularly in the next few years with contracts already in place.
Ultimately, there should simply be a desire to play the likes of Riviera, Pebble Beach, TPC Sawgrass, Harbour Town, and Muirfield Village when they are at their very best.
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