{"id":437506,"date":"2025-11-30T04:41:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=437506"},"modified":"2025-11-30T04:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:41:20","slug":"brian-rolapp-hints-at-schedule-changes-in-the-coming-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/brian-rolapp-hints-at-schedule-changes-in-the-coming-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Rolapp Hints At Schedule Changes In The Coming Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the summer, the PGA saw a major change in leadership.\u00a0 This was Brian Rolapp stepping into the position of CEO<\/a> after leaving the NFL.\u00a0 Already, Rolapp is looking at new ways to improve the league<\/a> and to bring in more viewers and fans.\u00a0 He plans on doing this by creating \u201cmore events that matter.\u201d\u00a0 In an interview on the CNBC\u2019s CEO Council Forum,<\/a> Rolapp laid out his plans for the Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rolapp On The Competitive Nature Of Golf<\/span><\/h2>\n

Brian Rolapp made it a point to bring up a few key principles that the sport needs to meet to adapt.\u00a0 He started by praising how competitive each tournament can get, where it can be genuinely difficult to tell who will take home the win.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, being the best player in the world doesn\u2019t guarantee a win.\u00a0 For example, Scottie Sheffler is number one in the world, yet he doesn\u2019t have a career grand slam under his belt, and has only 19 wins out of the 150 events he has played in.\u00a0 Rolapp stated that a razor-thin difference between the No. 1 and the No. 50 would be a great asset.\u00a0 He called it the hardest part of what he wanted for the sport, and it already had that long before he arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rolapp Explains The Schedule Revamp<\/span><\/h2>\n

A goal Rollapp has for the schedule is to make it more summer-focused.\u00a0 This way, golf doesn\u2019t compete with other major sports, such as football.\u00a0 During this interview, the idea of starting after the Super Bowl was floated, and Brian Rolapp said that it was a future he could see.\u00a0 At some point, there was a concern that this was more based on Rolapp\u2019s experience with the NFL.\u00a0 Rolapp had this to say:<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s not NFL-izing, it’s creating more events that matter. This isn’t taking the NFL model and applying it to golf; it is taking principles that fans across sports have said – I will reward you with my time if you make an event that matters.\u00a0 That’s what we’re striving for, every event should really matter.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Rolapp believes that the fans could benefit from a schedule like this.\u00a0 Similar schedules have been used in other sports and have made everything a bit tighter.\u00a0 Now, a question that will come up is whether or not golf is the right sport for this.<\/span><\/p>\n

The PGA has events happening from January until August, every weekend with the majors included.\u00a0 A change like the one being outlined in the interview suggests that some events would be dropped, or a the very least moved around the schedule.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian Rolapp On When The Changes Will Be Made<\/span><\/h2>\n

Right now, all the changes that Rollapp has underlined are a work in progress.\u00a0 Nothing is exactly set in stone, and there\u2019s no guarantee that they will all be implemented for the 2026 season<\/a>.\u00a0 Any change that would be made will be very much experimental.\u00a0 The changes are still under debate, and there is no guarantee that they will see the light of day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main Photo Credit:\u00a0 \u00a9 Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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