2009 PGA Tour: More Money And FedEx Cup Changes
13/11/2008 04:08
The PGA Tour released its schedule for the 2009 regular season Tuesday with 25 tournaments featuring purses of at least US$6 million and a newly configured "Texas swing" of three events in the spring.
Still to be determined are details on a revamped FedEx Cup, and whether to take a week off before the Tour Championship.
Once that it is decided, the tour said it would release the rest of its Fall Series schedule.
By announcing the majority of the schedule, the tour put to rest speculation that some tournaments might be in jeopardy because of the economy. The title sponsors are under contract at least through 2010, and most of them have slight increases in prize money built into their agreements. Among those that kept prize money the same were the FBR Open and Travelers Championship, both at $6 million.
Not counting the four majors, prize money for the regular season is $222.9 million, up from $214.4 million in 2008.
"I'm delighted to say that the demise of the PGA Tour has been overstated considerably," commissioner Tim Finchem said Monday night at the World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
In a statement Tuesday, Finchem said the charitable giving for 2008 was expected to set another record at $123 million.
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SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:
I don’t know about you, folks, but I can hardly wait until another PGA Tour season is upon us – and it won’t be all that long.