PGA Tour Signature Occasions to have completely different OWGR factors distribution

Extra modifications are coming to the PGA Tour’s 2024 schedule.

On Wednesday, the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) introduced that it has modified its factors distribution for fields of 80 gamers or much less, thus affecting the eight Signature Occasions that can happen on tour in 2024.

These occasions will function roughly 70-to-80 gamers. Elevated prize cash shall be out there, and 700 FedEx Cup factors will go to the winner. 5 of those eight tournaments is not going to function a 36-hole lower.

“For fields of 80 gamers or much less on all eligible Excursions, a brand new factors distribution curve will award a larger proportion of accessible factors to prime finishers in these occasions,” the OWGR’s announcement reads.

“Rating Factors will not be distributed to gamers ending within the backside 15 p.c of the ultimate standings for these occasions that do not need a lower.”

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Primarily, the OWGR will award gamers for taking part in nicely whereas punishing those that don’t. Underneath this new provision, the underside 11 gamers in a 70-field occasion wouldn’t obtain OWGR factors. In the meantime, the highest 10 would obtain extra factors for his or her efficiency.

However this was not the one change the OWGR introduced.

For match-play occasions, gamers is not going to obtain any OWGR factors in the event that they lose their first spherical of play or all matches in a pool format. No match-play match is presently scheduled for the PGA Tour in 2024.

Then, the OWGR instituted a provision that awards a participant for successful a number of instances inside a calendar 12 months.

“The Governing Board launched a brand new multi-win profit that gives a 60 p.c bonus to gamers who win for a second time inside a 52-week interval on any eligible Tour; a 70 p.c bonus is awarded to gamers who win three or extra instances,” the announcement reads.

“Any factors bonus is capped at a complete of 4 factors.”

Take Jon Rahm’s 2023 season, as an example.

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He received The Sentry Match of Champions, then received The American Specific.

If this new provision had been in place, Rahm would have acquired a further 60 p.c—or 31.58 factors—for successful The American Specific. The OWGR granted him with 52.63 factors for his victory in Palm Springs, California,

After all, Rahm would have acquired further bonuses for his victories at Riviera and Augusta Nationwide, the latter of which he acquired 100.00 OWGR factors for his Masters win.

But, if he had gone on to win a fifth time, the bonus factors would have been capped after his fourth victory.

These modifications will go into impact on Jan. 1, 2024.

A whole schedule of the 2024 Signature Occasions follows beneath:

1. The Sentry, Plantation Course at Kapalua (Jan. 4-7)*

2. AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am, Pebble Seaside Golf Hyperlinks (Feb. 1-4)*

3. The Genesis Invitational, Riviera Nation Membership (Feb. 15-18)

4. Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bay Hill Membership & Lodge (Mar. 7-10)

5. RBC Heritage, Harbour City Golf Hyperlinks (Apr. 18-21)*

6. Wells Fargo Championship, Quail Hole Nation Membership (Could 6-12)*

7. The Memorial Match, Muirfield Village Golf Membership (Jun. 3-9)

8. Vacationers Championship, TPC River Highlands (Jun. 17-23)*

* = Non-cut occasion

Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By means of. Make sure to try @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You may observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as nicely.