Sadly, all of the top golf events of 2023 are behind us. Fortunately, it’s never too soon to start looking ahead to the 2024 schedule, culminating with the Tour Championship next September. Even if it seems a little far off at the moment, let’s take a sneak peek at the top PGA Tour events in 2024.
While not officially a major, the Players Championship is considered a flagship event on the PGA Tour. The field is limited to just 80 players and is hosted by TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Next year’s event concludes on March 17 with Scottie Scheffler as the reigning champion. Scheffler is typically one of the favorites on many of the betting sites out there for every golf tournament. However, Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, and Webb Simpson have all won the Players Championship within the last half-dozen years, so the competition level should be high.
As usual, the first major of the year comes in the middle of April with the Masters. As usual, Augusta National will host the field of 100, although only one golfer will have the distinction of winning the coveted green jacket. The 2024 Masters will be played from April 8 to 14 with Jon Rahm as the defending champion. He will look to become the first golfer to repeat as Masters champion since Tiger Woods did it in 2001 and 2002.
A little over a month after the Masters, the second major of the year will take place. The PGA Championship is set to conclude on May 19. This is one of the majors that has a revolving door of venues. The honor of hosting the 2024 PGA Championship will go to Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville. The course has previously hosted the PGA Championship in 1996, 2000, and 2014. Brooks Koepka won last year’s PGA Championship, although Rory McIlroy was the winner the last time the tournament was played in Valhalla.
The third major of the year will be the U.S. Open, which will have its final round played on June 16. Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina, will be hosting the tournament for the fourth time, doing so previously in 1999, 2005, and 2014. Wyndham Clark was a surprise winner at the 2023 U.S. Open while German Martin Kaymer won the event the last time it was at Pinehurst. That makes the U.S. Open a tournament that’s always full of surprises.
Last but not least, the final major of 2024 will be The Open Championship, which concludes on July 21. Also known as the British Open, this is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and arguably the most prestigious. This is another tournament with a rotating venue, and in 2024, Royal Troon in Scotland will have the honors. This will be the 10th time Royal Troon has hosted the Open Championship and the third this century. Henrik Stenson of Sweden won the tournament the last time it was played at Royal Troon, although Brian Harman won by a comfortable six strokes last year.
At the end of the PGA Tour, a set of three tournaments will serve as the FedEx Cup playoffs with the field being reduced with each event. It begins with the St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, which concludes on August 18. A week later comes the BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado. Finally, the 2014 PGA Tour Championship will be played at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, concluding on September 1, 2014.
