PHOENIX — The role of the WM Phoenix Open in a newly announced PGA Tour restructuring remains a mystery.
The Tiger Woods-led Future Competition Committee unveiled a significant overhaul of the PGA Tour at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, on Tuesday. The tour will implement the new structure in 2028, which establishes a tiered system that includes promotion and relegation and two main player divisions: the PGA Tour Championship series and the PGA Tour Challenger Series.
Questions surrounding the Phoenix Open have come as a result of the unfinalized list of PGA tour events expected to be a part of the new championship series. Despite the uncertainty, the chairman of the 2027 tournament at TPC Scottsdale did not sound concerned…