Overview
- The PGA Tour board finalized membership and transition rules on Sept. 15, approving a top-tier Championship Series and a lower-tier Challenger Series that will run in parallel beginning in 2028.
- The Championship Series will retain roughly 90 players each year and promote 20 from the Challenger Series, with winners of majors, The Players and elite events earning two-year Championship exemptions.
- The Tour adopted a flatter Championship points model that awards 300 points to winners and scales down to 30 points for the 65th-place finisher to emphasize making the cut and consistent top finishes.
- A 'Last Chance' fall series of at least four events will award three Championship Series cards to players who compete in every event, and the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour University and Q‑School remain formal promotion pathways.
- Unresolved items include the final Championship event slate, Challenger Series points details, postseason venues and prize allocation, negotiation of DP World Tour access, and the Tour says it is not planning a returning-member program for LIV players.