Changing times as golfing calendar gets a ‘major’ shake-up

It’s official. After widespread speculation, the powers that be announced on Tuesday that the professional golf calendar as we know it will look remarkably different beginning in 2019.

Pete Bevacqua, the CEO of the PGA of America, admitted it was “probably the worst-kept secret in golf” when he announced that in a break with tradition the PGA Championship would be played in late May and PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said The Players Championship would shift from May back to March.

Within minutes of the news, the next domino dropped with Keith Pelley, CEO of the European Tour, stating in a press release that the circuit’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, would avoid any conflict and relocate from May to September.