Quick answer: The PGA Tour released a 36-tournament 2027 schedule Wednesday. The American Express replaces Hawaii as the season opener, The Sentry moves to Torrey Pines and finishes Saturday, the new Sompo Championship lands at Silverado, the Greensboro finale becomes GO by Raymond James, Liberty National hosts the BMW Championship, and one opposite-field date remains unfilled.
The PGA Tour's newly official 2027 calendar looks familiar until the changes are read together.
There are 36 tournaments through the Tour Championship, only one fewer than the comparable 2026 schedule. The same eight Signature Events remain. The top 70 still qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs, which still narrow to 50 and then 30. Yet the Tour will open outside Hawaii for the first time in 56 years, stage its Torrey Pines event through Saturday, add a Napa stop, leave one tournament slot unnamed and play the final season before its entire competitive model splits into Championship and Challenger tracks.
That makes 2027 more than a list of dates. It is the bridge between the PGA Tour fans recognize and the smaller, two-level structure scheduled to arrive in 2028.
The West Coast opening changes the Tour's rhythm
The season begins January 21 at The American Express in La Quinta. The Sentry follows at Torrey Pines, where the long-running San Diego tournament has inherited the name once associated with Kapalua. It will be a full-field event rather than a winners-only tournament and will finish Saturday, January 30.
The Saturday finish is the only one scheduled on Tour. It places the final round away from the NFL's Sunday championship games and gives the Tour a rare standalone weekend window. It also creates a compressed Wednesday-to-Saturday tournament, an operational and viewing experiment worth watching before the Tour pursues a more deliberately packaged product in 2028.
Pebble Beach moves ahead of the WM Phoenix Open, which again ends on Super Bowl Sunday. California therefore owns the opening month: Palm Springs, San Diego, Pebble Beach and then Scottsdale just across the state line in Arizona.
The missing piece is Hawaii. Kapalua and the Sony Open are absent, ending a Tour presence in the islands that stretched back to 1971. The reasons developed over time rather than in Wednesday's release alone, but the effect is now official: a recognizable January identity has been replaced by a California-centered start.
One open date keeps the schedule unfinished
The Genesis Invitational returns to Riviera from February 18-21. An opposite-field tournament is listed for the same week, but its name, venue and market remain TBD.
Golf Channel reports that the Puerto Rico Open, already identified as part of the 2028 Challenger Series, is expected to fill the slot. The PGA Tour's own release does not confirm that assignment, so the open date remains an open date for now.
That distinction matters. The official schedule establishes what is settled; reporting can identify the likely solution without pretending it has been announced. It also shows the Tour is publishing a calendar while part of the wider transition remains in motion.
The 2027 FedExCup Fall is another unresolved section. The Tour says that schedule, along with additional 2028 eligibility information, will be announced later. Players near the status line therefore know the main-season route but not every late-year opportunity that will follow it.
Florida gets a reshuffle instead of a reduction
The Cadillac Championship at Doral moves to March 4-7, immediately before The Players Championship. The Arnold Palmer Invitational follows The Players, reversing its familiar position. The Valspar Championship moves much later, to May 6-9.
The sequence gives the Tour three straight high-profile weeks around Doral, TPC Sawgrass and Bay Hill without placing Signature Events back to back. None of the eight Signature Events will occur in consecutive weeks in 2027, a change that should make participation and promotion easier while preserving their elevated points and access rules.
For players, the reshuffle changes travel, preparation and course-type transitions. For fans, it creates a clearer March centerpiece. For the Valspar, however, a May date in Florida introduces different heat and turf conditions than its traditional March window. The tournament remains, but its competitive identity may not remain identical.
The 2027 schedule is officially here.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 26, 2026
Silverado returns under a new name
The Sompo Championship is the calendar's only new tournament. It will be played July 29-August 1 on Silverado Resort's North Course in Napa, which hosted a Tour event from 2014 through 2025.
New therefore refers to the event and sponsorship structure, not an unfamiliar venue. Silverado returns as the penultimate regular-season stop, immediately before the Greensboro finale. That position gives the tournament direct FedExCup consequences as players chase the top 70.
Sompo's deal extends beyond one transitional season. The company will sponsor a Championship Series tournament beginning in 2028, although the Tour has not announced that event's future venue or market. Golf Digest reports that a Pacific Northwest destination is expected, but the confirmed 2027 home is Napa.
The regular season then ends at Sedgefield Country Club with a renamed event: GO by Raymond James. The title nods to the Greater Greensboro Open while establishing the sponsor relationship that will carry into the 2028 Championship Series.
Detroit leaves, but the calendar does not simply shrink
The Rocket Classic is gone after eight seasons at Detroit Golf Club. The Puerto Rico Open is not currently named. The Sompo Championship arrives. The net result is a Tour that is rearranging geography and commercial partnerships without yet making the dramatic contraction promised for 2028.
That is why the schedule should not be mistaken for the finished vision of PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp. Wednesday's release preserves 36 tournaments, eight Signature Events and the familiar playoff staircase. The next system is expected to concentrate the best players in a smaller Championship Series while a Challenger track provides a promotion route.
For tournaments, 2027 is the last full rehearsal before those labels carry competitive and commercial consequences. Some events already know which side of the future structure they will occupy. Others are still waiting for eligibility rules, final designations and the remaining schedule announcements.
Liberty National becomes the playoff showcase
The playoffs begin August 12 at TPC Southwind in Memphis. The BMW Championship then moves to Liberty National in Jersey City, a dramatic New York-area setting that hosted playoff events in 2009, 2013 and 2019 as well as the 2017 Presidents Cup.
The top 30 finish at East Lake from August 26-29. They will play the same straightforward 72-hole stroke-play format used in 2026, with everyone starting even. The two-week match-play Tour Championship announced for 2028 does not begin next year.
That separation is important because two major announcements landed within 24 hours. Tuesday defined the radically different 2028 ending. Wednesday defined the final season under the current playoff architecture. One is the destination; the other is the bridge.
What the schedule says about the Tour's priorities
The strongest pattern is controlled scarcity without immediate disruption. Signature Events are spaced apart. The season opens in major California markets. The San Diego finish receives an unusual Saturday window. Doral, The Players and Bay Hill create a compact March run. Silverado and Greensboro place sponsor-backed events at the sharp end of the playoff race.
The Tour has not yet reduced its product to the smaller 2028 footprint, but it is organizing dates and venues as though presentation matters as much as inventory. That reflects Rolapp's background in the NFL, where windows, rhythm and scarcity are central to the product.
The risk is that transitional seasons create two kinds of uncertainty. Players must compete under existing rules while planning for a different eligibility system. Fans are asked to learn the 2027 moves while much of the conversation already points toward 2028. The one TBD tournament and unannounced Fall calendar make that unfinished quality visible.
Still, the official release turns months of reports into a usable map. The PGA Tour will play 36 tournaments, begin in La Quinta, finish the regular season in Greensboro and crown its champion at East Lake. Between those bookends, 2027 will show which traditions the Tour is willing to move, which markets it wants to emphasize and how quickly it can prepare for the larger break ahead.