The PGA Tour’s slow rollout of tournaments that will make up the top tier of the PGA Tour’s new schedule continues.
On Tuesday, the Tour announced the Cadillac Championship as a Championship Series event, increasing the total to five confirmed events beyond the majors, Players Championship and FedEx Cup Playoffs.
The Cadillac Championship, played at Trump National Doral outside of Miami, returned to Doral in 2026 after a 10-year absence. Played in May this past year, Cameron Young went wire to wire and beat Scottie Scheffler by six in a runaway victory. President Donald Trump was on hand for the final round.
The Cadillac joins four other tournaments that were confirmed as Championship Series events just last week: The Sentry (now at Torrey Pines), Arnold Palmer Invitational, Travelers Championship and Sompo, which will take over the Napa, Calif., event in 2027 before it owns a Championship Series event in 2028 at a to-be-announced venue and location.
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp officially announced the new PGA Tour competitive structure last month, which, beginning in 2028, will feature a Championship Series track as well as a Challenger Series. The Championship Series events will feature the top players in the league and offer purses of $20 million versus $4 million on the Challenger Series. That means sponsors will have to pay big bucks for the Tour to host a Championship Series event, and while many of the announced tournaments have been somewhat predictable, there have still been some surprises (like the Sompo) and there could potentially be more.
We likely won’t know them until the next 2028 schedule drop, though. Until then, Rolapp plans to announce the complete tournament rundown in early 2027.
