Golf and the Super Bowl haven’t crossed paths often, but coincidentally, Phoenix/Scottsdale has hosted the PGA’s 5th-oldest event alongside the Super Bowl not once, not twice, but four times since 1996. The fourth and final time (so far) came in 2023. However, after decades of existing alongside the NFL, change may be looming on the horizon.

What started only as rumors after the arrival of the PGA Tour's new CEO, Brian Rolapp, in June 2025, just found new wind in its sails thanks to 36-year-old pro Harris English’s admission. English borrowed a fitting phrase, saying “The goal posts are moving a little bit,” while talking about the Tour’s new alignment with the Super Bowl schedule under the new CEO.

English, who entered 2025’s final PGA Tour event, the 156-man RSM Classic, as its highest-ranked (world no. 11) participant, explained the PGA may be changing its schedule. “The talk of the Tour potentially starting after the Super Bowl, I think, is a pretty good thing because we can't really compete with football,” said Harris English, but it’s not happening right now.

The PGA Tour won’t be making any immediate changes, and the changes to the season starting after the Super Bowl won’t come into effect (if at all) until 2027. “I think that’s what they’re going to change down the road, maybe in 2027, is have all the tournaments be equal,” English admitted as per Golf Week. And if English’s words come true, the PGA may even lose some signature events.

“They’ll have 20-22 events that are all the same,” explained the 36-year-old. However, he saw it as a positive because that way, fans will see a lot more of top-ranked pro players completing far more often. With a lesser number of events and a hypothetically truncated PGA Tour schedule, “all the top players play every single event because you can’t really afford to take one off,” added English.

However, not everything points to the PGA Tour truncating its schedule and axing events. In fact, the 2026 fall calendar got busier. The Tour just added two new fall tournaments for 2026, in Austin, Texas, and Asheville, North Carolina. Meanwhile, the 36-year-old pro also hopes that events like the RSM Classic don’t disappear.

“Tournaments like this, I don’t want to see them go away because I know how much they mean to this community,” English explained while saying that he’s putting his faith in the guys at the “helm” of the PGA Tour to guide it in the right direction. So, now the question is: Will Brian Rolapp, who has come over from the NFL, streamline the Tour in 2027? Only time will tell. 

So what do you think of Harris English’s admission? Do you think the PGA Tour should start after the Super Bowl with a cutdown schedule?

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Sagnik Bagchi