Tiger Woods: ‘Not So Fast’ on All Designated Events Having No Cut

Much has been said about the 2024 PGA Tour schedule, which will feature two classes of events: full-field tournaments and designated events with between 70 and 80 golfers and no cuts.

Or will there be cuts?

Tiger Woods, who said Tuesday that all of the details for next year’s schedule haven’t been ironed out yet, isn’t a fan of the no-cut provision.

Woods said at Augusta National Golf Club as he prepares for the Masters:

“I still think that there needs to be a penalty for not playing well, and every event shouldn’t be always guaranteed 72 holes. I think that there should be a cut there.”

The eight designated events, which have not been announced, were touted as no-cut events by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan in a memo to players last month.

“With no mandatory participation regulations … we will instead focus on ensuring purse size, elimination of a cut and FedExCup points distribution [to] sufficiently incentivize top performers to participate in the designated events,” the memo, in part, read.

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Monahan said that the four majors and The Players Championship will continue to have a cut but seemed set on moving forward without one for the eight other events.

Woods said that it could turn out that some of the eight do have a cut while others do not:

“I certainly am pushing for my event to have a cut. I think that maybe the player-hosted events may have cuts. These are things that Jack [Nicklaus] and I are still in discussion with [Monahan] and the board and the Tour and the rest of the guys.”

It’s believed that Woods’ Genesis Invitational, Nicklaus’ The Memorial, and the Arnold Palmer Invitational will be among the eight tournaments that get the designated status next year. It’s also unclear if the eight will be the same every year or if some will get that status on a rotating basis.

Cover Image Via The Masters