2023 PGA TOUR SCHEDULE
Rory McIlroy regained the No . 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking after his win at Congaree last fall .
between friends ? Each of the last three Players Championships have been decided by one stroke . March 16-19 : Valspar Championship | Innisbrook Resort ( Copperhead ) | Palm Harbor , Fla . | Sam Burns March 22-26 : WGC Dell Technologies Match Play | Austin CC | Austin , Texas | Scottie Scheffler ➔Match-play animal Kevin Kisner has made the final in three of the last four playings of the event , winning once . * -March 23-26 : Corales Puntacana Championship | Puntacana Resort & Club ( Corales ) | Punta Cana , D . R . | Chad Ramey March 30-April 2 : Valero Texas Open | TPC San Antonio ( Oaks ) | San Antonio , Texas | J . J . Spaun ➔What would normally be a hum-drum Tour stop gets a boost as the last chance for someone to play their way into the Masters field . April 6-9 : Masters Tournament | Augusta National GC | Augusta , Ga . | Scottie Scheffler ➔Rory McIlroy ’ s ascension to world No . 1 after his win at Congaree has installed him as the early betting favorite . Can he finally break through ? He ’ s been chasing the career grand slam for more than eight years now . April 13-16 : RBC Heritage | Harbour Town GL | Hilton Head Island , S . C . | Jordan Spieth April 20-23 : Zurich Classic of New Orleans | TPC Louisiana | Avondale , La . | Patrick Cantlay / Xander Schauffele April 27-30 : Mexico Open at Vidanta | Vidanta Vallarta | Vallarta , Mexico | Jon Rahm May 4-7 : Wells Fargo Championship | Quail Hollow Club | Charlotte , N . C . | Max Homa ➔Another $ 20 million purse awaits as the Wells Fargo returns home after a one-year stop at TPC Potomac Farms at Avenel . Homa joined Rory McIlroy on the list of multi-time winners of this event . May 11-14 : AT & T Byron Nelson | TPC Craig Ranch | McKinney , Texas | K . H . Lee May 18-21 : PGA Championship | Oak Hill CC | Rochester , N . Y . | Justin Thomas ➔Oak Hill is hosting for the fourth time ; only Southern Hills in Tulsa has hosted this event more . Oak Hill produces one of the great anonymous major winners of all time — Shaun Micheel in 2003 . There have been some low scores in recent PGA Championships , but don ’ t expect it here . Winning scores were 10-under ( Jason Dufner in 2013 ), 3-under ( Micheel ) and 6-under ( Jack Nicklaus in 1980 ). May 25-28 : Charles Schwab Challenge | Colonial CC | Fort Worth , Texas | Sam Burns June 1-4 : The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | Dublin , Ohio | Billy Horschel June 8-11 : RBC Canadian Open | Oakdale G & CC | Toronto | Rory McIlroy June 15-18 : U . S . Open | Los Angeles CC ( North ) | Los Angeles | Matt Fitzpatrick ➔The U . S . Open hits Los Angeles for just the second time and for the first time since Ben Hogan won at Riviera in 1948 . LACC has experience hosting high-level amateur events , including the Walker Cup . But the pros haven ’ t been here since 1940 . The last two U . S . Opens have been won by non-Americans ( Jon Rahm and Matt Fitzpatrick ). June 22-25 : Travelers Championship | TPC River Highlands | Cromwell , Conn . | Xander Schauffele ➔A curious choice for a $ 20 million purse considering it ’ s played across the country right after the U . S . Open . The Travelers has produced some awesome finishes , including in 2017 when Jordan Spieth won in a playoff by holing out from a greenside bunker . June 29-July 2 : Rocket Mortgage Classic | Detroit GC | Detroit | Tony Finau July 6-9 : John Deere Classic | TPC Deere Run | Silvis , Ill . | J . T . Poston
* -July 13-16 : Barbasol Championship | Keene Trace GC ( Champions ) | Nicholasville , Kent . | Trey Mullinax July 13-16 : Genesis Scottish Open | The Renaissance Club | North Berwick , Scotland | Xander Schauffele * -July 20-23 : Barracuda Championship | Tahoe Mountain Club ( Old Greenwood ) | Truckee , Calif . | Chez Reavie July 20-23 : The Open Championship | Royal Liverpool | Hoylake , England | Cameron Smith ➔Though this is the 12th time Royal Liverpool has hosted The Open , it ’ s only the third time since 1967 . The two recent winners of the event have major pedigree and have gone majorly low : Rory McIlroy ’ s 17-under in 2014 and Tiger Woods ’ 18-under in 2006 . July 27-30 : 3M Open | TPC Twin Cities | Blaine , Minn . | Tony Finau Aug . 3-6 : Wyndham Championship | Sedgefield CC | Greensboro , N . C . | Tom Kim ➔There ’ s no elevated purse , but this field should get a bump from the players trying to find their way into the top 70 for the FedExCup playoffs . Aug . 10-13 : FedEx St . Jude Championship | TPC Southwind | Memphis , Tenn . | Will Zalatoris ➔Fifty players will advance out of the first playoff event , and a top-10 finish nearly ensures a player entry into the Tour Championship . Southwind ’ s tricky winds provide a challenge for even the world ’ s best players . Aug . 17-20 : BMW Championship | Olympia Fields CC ( North ) | Olympia Fields , Ill . | Patrick Cantlay ➔After two years in the Mid-Atlantic region , the second playoff event heads to Chicagoland . Jon Rahm won when the BMW was last contested here in 2020 . Aug . 24-27 : TOUR Championship | East Lake GC | Atlanta | Rory McIlroy ➔Fun fact : The winning score in each of the last three years ( using the PGA Tour ’ s odd system that allows the points leader to start the event at 10-under ) has been 21-under . A target to shoot for .
LIV GOLF 2023
Here ’ s a quick look at the conformed LIV Golf event schedule . More events are expected to be announced later . Visit
livgolf . com for more information .
Feb . 24-26 : Mayakoba , Mexico ( El Camaleon GC ) April 21-23 : Adelaide , Australia ( The Grange GC ) April 28-30 : Singapore ( Sentosa GC ) June 30-July 2 : Valderrama , Spain ( Real Club Valderrama )
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