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only going to get more difficult this year when you
add an Olympics and the Ryder Cup into the mix.
The biggest lesson many players learned last year is
that you need to peak early and stay hot. All the
majors come between April and July, so you have to
be ready heading into the Masters. If your game isn’t
there by early April, it’ll be very hard to find it when
there’s a major coming at you every four weeks.
If you’re playing well, the events between majors
become about maintenance without burning out,
and you can ride a wave like Brooks Koepka did.
This season, expect to see the elite guys playing a
little more golf prior to Augusta, probably just one
event between each major, and then putting the
clubs down for a longer stretch after September.
The FedEx Cup finishing earlier than the European
Tour might give the Americans a chance to rest
more heading into the Ryder Cup.
The new schedule last year had mixed success. From a fan’s perspective, having the Olympics
There were positives like the BMW PGA and Ryder Cup will extend the season of big
Championship moving to September and more events into late September. But we’ll have the same
time between the run-ins on the PGA and European problem we had last year in 2021, with the final
Tours. But there were also negatives as it felt like the major in July. There’s still some work needed on the
‘major season’ was over very quickly. For the players, schedule – perhaps a fifth, international major
adapting to the new schedule was tricky – and not around October or November time – but there are
everyone managed it successfully – Sergio and Phil a lot of incredible events to look forward to
Mickelson spring immediately to mind. That is throughout 2020.
The key daTes
The Players March 15 The MasTers April 9-12 PGa ChaMPionshiP May 14-17 Us oPen June 18-21 The oPen July 16-19
olyMPiCs July 30-Aug 2 Fedex CUP PlayoFFs Aug 16-30 ryder CUP Sept 25-27 dP World ToUr ChaMP Nov 19-22
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