Tour Championship will be played in a match play format from 2028

From 2028, the PGA Tour's Tour Championship will be played in a match play format, but what will that look like? And how will players qualify for the event? Watch this week's Tour Championship live on Sky Sports Golf from Thursday

The PGA Tour has announced that the Tour Championship will be played in a two-week match play format as part of a new season-ending structure which will be implemented from the 2028 season.

It is one of a series of major schedule shake-ups coming to the PGA Tour, with the US circuit also set to introduce a new two-tier system which will feature promotion and relegation .

From 2028 onwards, the current series of FedExCup Playoffs, which are played in a stroke play format, will be replaced by:

32 players. Two weeks. Head-to-head. Match play returns to the @PGATOUR at the 2028 TOUR Championship. pic.twitter.com/1zZbnjPuO6

It will be the first time in the PGA Tour's history that the Tour Championship has been decided over a match play format, and is also the first time that the format has been played on the tour since the 2023 WGC Dell Technologies Match Play.

"Throughout this process, we listened carefully to our fans, players and partners," PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp said.

"One message came through clearly: the culmination of our season should be worthy of the journey it takes to get there.

"The result is a season-ending structure that rewards excellence over the course of the year while building toward a reimagined Tour Championship. We are creating something different, something distinct within professional golf that can resonate far beyond it."

Throughout the 2028 season, players will compete to win points as normal throughout regular-season tour events, in a similar fashion to the current FedExCup system.

The season-long points race will then conclude at the new PGA Tour Championship Series Finale, a 72-hole stroke play event.

The top 90 players in the year-long points race rankings will compete at the event, which will confirm the season-ending points race leader and final rankings for the year.

After the PGA Tour Championship Series Finale, the top 32 players in the year-end points rankings will then gain a place at the Tour Championship.

The revamped Tour Championship will take place the week after the PGA Tour Championship Series Finale, with a field of 32 players competing over a three-round group stage, akin to the FIFA World Cup.