March 14-17: THE PLAYERS Champi-
onship | TPC Sawgrass | Ponte Vedra
Beach, Fla. | Webb Simpson
›› One of the key moves in the condensed
schedule, the Players acts as an important
tune-up for the upcoming Masters. The
weather is usually more amenable in north
Florida in March than May, too.
New York in May? No guarantees. This
weekend last year featured a 55-degree-
and-rainy Saturday.
May 23-26: Charles Schwab Challenge
| Colonial CC | Forth Worth, Texas |
Justin Rose
March 21-24: Valspar Championship |
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead) | Palm
Harbor, Fla. | Paul Casey May 30-June 2: The Memorial Tourna-
ment presented by Nationwide | Muir-
field Village GC | Dublin, Ohio | Bryson
DeChambeau
March 27-31: WGC Dell Technologies
Match Play | Austin CC | Austin, Texas |
Bubba Watson June 6-9: RBC Canadian Open | Ham-
ilton G&CC | Hamilton, Ontario | Dustin
Johnson
*March 28-31: Corales Puntacana
Resort & Club Championship | Punta
Cana, Dominican Republic | Brice Garnett
April 4-7: Valero Texas Open | TPC San
Antonio, AT&T Oaks | San Antonio, Texas
| Andrew Landry
April 11-14: Masters | Augusta National
GC | Augusta, Ga. | Patrick Reed
›› The last two winners of the Green
Jacket—Sergio Garcia and Danny Wil-
lett—had miserable seasons the follow-
ing year. Can Patrick Reed avoid the
same fate?
April 18-21: RBC Heritage | Harbour
Town GL | Hilton Head, S.C. | Satoshi
Kodaira
April 25-28: Zurich Classic of New
Orleans | TPC Louisiana | Avondale, La.
| Billy Horschel and Scott Piercy
May 2-5: Wells Fargo Championship
| Quail Hollow Club | Charlotte, N.C. |
Jason Day
May 9-12: AT&T Byron Nelson Classic
| Trinity Forest GC | Dallas | Aaron Wise
June 13-16: U.S. Open | Pebble Beach
GL | Pebble Beach, Calif. | Brooks Koepka
›› It was fair to say that not many gave
Brooks Koepka a shot to repeat in 2018,
considering he missed the Masters with a
bum wrist. A win at Pebble would put Koep-
ka in truly rarified air. The last three-peat
happened when Willie Anderson (remember
him?) won in 1903, 1904 and 1905.
June 20-23: Travelers Championship |
TPC River Highlands | Cromwell, Conn. |
Bubba Watson
July 18-21: The Open Championship |
Royal Portrush GC | Portrush, Northern
Ireland | Francesco Molinari
›› The only time the Open has visited
Royal Portrush, Max Faulkner won his
lone major championship in 1951.
July 25-28: WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invi-
tational | TPC Southwind | Memphis,
Tenn. | Justin Thomas
*July 25-28: Reno-Tahoe Open |
Montreux G&CC | Reno, Nev. |
Andrew Putnam
Aug. 1-4: Wyndham Championship
| Sedgefield CC | Greensboro, N.C. |
Brandt Snedeker
Aug. 8-11: The Northern Trust | Liberty
National GC | Jersey City, N.J. | Bryson
DeChambeau
›› The slimmed down FedEx Cup Play-
offs begin here, starting a three-week
sprint to the finish.
Aug. 15-18: BMW Championship |
Medinah CC (No. 3) | Medinah, Ill. |
Keegan Bradley
June 27-30: Rocket Mortgage Classic |
Detroit GC | Detroit | New event
July 4-7: 3M Open | TPC Twin Cities |
Blaine, Minn. | New event
July 11-14: John Deere Classic | TPC
Deere Run | Silvis, Ill. | Michael Kim
*July 18-21: Barbasol Championship
| Keene Trace GC | Nicholasville, Ky. |
Troy Merritt
Aug. 22-25: TOUR Championship | East
Lake GC | Atlanta | Tiger Woods
›› The Tour achieved its goal of mov-
ing the season finale away from the
start of football season. Time will tell
how the wonky scoring—the points
leader heading into the event will
have a 10-stroke head start—will play
with fans.
Francesco Molinari,
winner of the Open
Championship in 2018.
May 16-19: PGA Championship | Beth-
page State Park Black Course | Beth-
page, N.Y. | Brooks Koepka
›› The PGA trades in the stifling summer
heat for (hopefully) kinder weather. But
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