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Pro Tours 2019 Setting the Stage Completed Events Dates | Tournament | Location | Defending champion *indicates opposite field event; winner does not receive automatic berth into Masters; x-unofficial event Safeway Open: Kevin Tway CIMB Classic: Marc Leishman The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges: Brooks Koepka *Sanderson Farms Classic: Cameron Champ WGC-HSBC Champions: Xander Schauffele Shriners Hospitals for Children Open: Bryson DeChambeau Mayakoba Golf Classic: Matt Kuchar The RSM Classic: Charles Howell III x-ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf: Belgium x-Hero World Challenge: Jon Rahm x-QBE Shootout: Patton Kizzire and Brian Harman The 2019 PGA Tour Schedule Jan. 3-6: Sentry Tournament of Cham- pions | Plantation Course at Kapalua | Kapalua, Hawaii | Dustin Johnson Jan. 10-13: Sony Open in Hawaii | Waialae CC | Honolulu | Patton Kizzire 24 Jan. 31-Feb. 3: Waste Management Open | TPC Scottsdale | Scottsdale, Ariz. | Gary Woodland Feb. 7-10: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | Pebble Beach GL | Pebble Beach, Calif. | Ted Potter, Jr. ›› The Pro-Am, with its six-hour rounds and celebrity yuks, doesn’t traditionally draw the strongest of fields. Could the fact that Pebble hosts the U.S. Open four months down the road change that? Feb. 14-17: Genesis Open | Riviera CC | Pacific Palisades, Calif. | Bubba Watson ›› Tiger will likely make his 2019 debut here as he eyes cutting his schedule to limit the wear and tear on his body. *Feb. 21-24: Puerto Rico Open | Coco Beach Golf & CC | Rio Grande, P.R. | D.A. Points Feb. 21-24: WGC-Mexico Championship | Club de Golf Chapultepec | Mexico City | Phil Mickelson Jan. 17-20: Desert Classic | Stadium Course | La Quinta, Calif. | Jon Rahm Feb. 28-March 3: The Honda Classic | PGA National (Champion) | Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. | Justin Thomas Jan. 24-27: Farmers Insurance Open | Torrey Pines GC (South) | San Diego | Jason Day March 7-10: Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | Bay Hill Club & Lodge | Orlando, Fla. | Rory McIlroy V I R G I N I A G O L F E R | J A N UA R Y / F E B R UA R Y 2 0 1 9 vsga.org THE NEW-LOOK PGA TOUR IS HERE, condensed, action packed and ready to keep your attention before ending just before the pigskins begin flying at the end of August. The wraparound schedule began in the fall shortly after the U.S. team licked its wounds from an ugly Ryder Cup experience in France. It ends with a new-look Tour Championship in Atlanta on Aug. 25. The top 125 players will advance to the first playoff event, The Northern Trust, with the top 70 in the standings after that tournament moving on to the BMW Championship. The top 30 will qualify for East Lake.