Football season is about to start and that means the end of the PGA Tour regular season is rapidly approaching. After the Olympics, the Wyndham Championship, August 8-11, will be the final event before the season-ending playoffs. The Playoffs will begin with the FedEx St. Jude Championship in steamy Memphis, August 15-18 followed by the BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado. The season will come to a conclusion following the Tour Championship at East Lake, August 29-September 1. With outside investment of $1.5 billion, the PGA Tour now has a sufficient war chest and does not need to rush to a compromise with Saudi-backed LIV Tour. A deal is still being worked out between the rival leagues, but a complete solution has not been completed yet. Television numbers are down across the board, so that can’t make current PGA Tour Storylines From The 2023-24 PGA Tour Season Television Viewership Declines sponsors happy. The ratings for the four major championships, when players from both the PGA Tour and the LIV were in the field, were the worst in recent memory. Golf fans have been negatively affected by the greed of the players and the split between the rival golf leagues. They are not watching their big screens as they have in the past. No one watches the LIV, even with the big names, they lured away from the PGA Tour. Fans seem to have lost enthusiasm for the PGA Tour broadcasts with names like, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Cam Smith and Jon Rahm not available for PGA Tour events. This is a major issue for the PGA Tour, as well as all of golf going forward. Hopefully common sense will eventually win out and a deal that works for both leagues and fans will happen sooner than later. Ohio Golf Journal
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