ATLANTA — The PGA Tour has officially unveiled its 2026 schedule, adding a notable high-profile tournament at Trump National Doral in Miami, marking a significant expansion of its signature events and setting the stage for an intense and tightly packed golf calendar.
The upcoming season will feature 38 events, closely mirroring the 2025 schedule with a few important adjustments. Most significantly, the inclusion of the Miami Championship at Trump Doral—a tournament with a purse around $20 million—boosts the total number of signature events to nine, a clear statement on the Tour’s direction to prioritize big-money, limited-field contests.
Trump National Doral, a course rich in PGA Tour history since it last hosted a Tour event in 2016, will return for the first time in a decade from April 27 to May 3, 2026. The tournament is expected to be owned and operated directly by the Tour and currently lacks a title sponsor, though multiple companies are reportedly interested.
This addition comes amid a spring stretch described by Tour insiders as congested. Over six weeks from April to early June, players and fans will encounter a demanding lineup that includes two majors—the Masters and the PGA Championship—as well as several signature events, including the newly introduced Miami Championship, the RBC Heritage, and the Truist Championship. Such a dense collection of high-stakes tournaments will push both elite and mid-tier players to their limits, especially those outside the top FedExCup points ranks, with few full-field tournaments sprinkled in that period.
The season’s start is also shifted, beginning a week later on January 8 with the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii instead of New Year’s Day, realigning the calendar away from the traditional January 1 start. This ripple effect alters other event dates; for example, the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines will revert to a Thursday to Sunday schedule after previously finishing on a Saturday to avoid NFL conflicts. The WM Phoenix Open and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am swap places on the calendar to better accommodate these considerations. Phoenix is slated for the week immediately following the Farmers Insurance Open, with Pebble Beach to follow. This scheduling creates back-to-back signature events in the Los Angeles area, with the Genesis Invitational coming right after Pebble Beach.
Meanwhile, the Mexico Open moves to the PGA Tour Fall Series, making room for the Miami Championship as a signature event during the prime spring stretch.
These scheduling choices reflect the PGA Tour’s ongoing balancing act—delivering high-profile, lucrative events to captivate the golf world while navigating the crowded sporting calendar and player workload concerns.
Top stars, including Rory McIlroy, have weighed in on the evolving tour format and the upcoming season’s setup. McIlroy considers the surge in signature events mostly positive, emphasizing the increased opportunities at golf’s highest levels, even if it means an intense concentration of marquee competition within certain calendar windows.
In sum, the 2026 PGA Tour season underscores the Tour’s intent to stamp its identity firmly on a landscape increasingly characterized by high-stakes, exclusive events, competitive scheduling challenges, and the return to historic venues like Trump National Doral, illustrating a continued evolution aimed at enhancing the Tour’s appeal and financial scale.