{"id":614399,"date":"2026-04-30T02:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614399\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:24:09","slug":"why-are-some-big-names-skipping-this-weeks-pga-tour-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614399\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are some big names skipping this week’s PGA Tour event?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve kept up with the ever-evolving PGA Tour schedule changes over the past few years, you\u2019re probably savvy enough to know a Signature Event means big money and lots of star players. And you would be right, but when you look at the field for this week\u2019s Cadillac Cha<\/a>mpionship<\/a>, you\u2019ll notice there are a few notable names missing.<\/p>\n

Five of the top 15 players in the world are skipping this week\u2019s tournament at Trump National Doral <\/a>\u2014\u00a0the PGA Tour\u2019s first time at the Blue Monster since 2016 \u2014\u00a0which is the highest number of top players to miss a Signature Event in their short history.<\/p>\n

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World No. 2 Rory McIlroy, No. 3 Matt Fitzpatrick, No. 9 Xander Schauffele, No. 12 Robert MacIntyre and No. 14 Ludvig Aberg are all sitting out this week.<\/p>\n

So, what gives? The answer is quite simple.<\/p>\n

After the Masters was a Signature Event in the RBC Heritage, followed by the Zurich Classic, this week\u2019s Cadillac Championship and next week\u2019s Truist Championship, which gives way to the PGA Championship at Aronimink outside of Philadelphia. That means the first two majors of the year bookended three Signature Events in four weeks.<\/p>\n

During the last two years, the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, which isn\u2019t a Signature Event, was played in this spot. But the Mexico Open, played in February the last two years, dropped off the schedule this season. The Cadillac Championship took its place and was slotted here.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis year is a little bit of an exception I think,\u201d Adam Scott said Tuesday from Miami. \u201cThis is an added event. Ideally this wouldn\u2019t be the way. \u2026 I think we\u2019ve got to get through this year and hopefully the schedule looks a little more balanced next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the late addition, this has been a taxing, and odd, stretch of golf \u2014\u00a0even for players who get paid millions to do this for a living. But each player has their own unique formula to peak at the most important times. Burnout is their worst enemy. This portion of the schedule has forced some to get creative.<\/p>\n

McIlroy is out because, well, he won the Masters, and now he\u2019s taking a breather, like he did last year. But he\u2019ll likely return next week on a course where he\u2019s had lots of success. Fitzpatrick is off after playing three weeks in a row \u2014\u00a0and winning the last two events he played in, the RBC Heritage and last week\u2019s Zurich Classic.<\/p>\n

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the headliner this week but is skipping next week\u2019s Truist Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.<\/p>\n

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Scheffler said he typically doesn\u2019t like playing the week before a major. Plus, he\u2019s playing the week after the PGA, since he\u2019s the defending champion at the CJ Cup in Texas, where he lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving three of our biggest events in a row is, depending upon the time of year, if this was a different time of year, maybe I would play all three,\u201d Scheffler said Wednesday. \u201cBut when you have a major championship as the last one I think that creates a different kind of cadence to it. Major championships are just the hardest events. When you look at the courses we\u2019re playing for our Signature Events now \u2014 I think it was a couple years ago we did Jack\u2019s place (Muirfield Village) and the U.S. Open back-to-back. I\u2019m like, I physically and mentally, I can\u2019t do this for two weeks in a row. I won Memorial and I was whipped showing up to the U.S. Open. So that\u2019s kind of how I adjusted my schedule to be like, maybe the week before the major it\u2019s not wise to go out there and beat myself up a little bit. Maybe it\u2019s best for me to stay home and get ready for the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scheffler also discussed the demands of a major week versus a regular tournament week. He said, understandably, everything is amped up for major weeks. There\u2019s more activity on-site, more fans and more people yelling. The mental grind is much more intense.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoing that day after day, week after week, when you do that that many times in a row it can be challenging,\u201d he said. \u201cIn order for me to show up and play my best I have to have off time. That\u2019s something I\u2019ve learned as my career has gone on how important rest is for me and it\u2019s not always about spending as much time as I possibly can at the golf course getting ready. It\u2019s more about doing what I can in my allotted amount of time in order to get ready and going home and getting rest so my brain and body is actually ready to compete in a tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Justin Rose won at the Blue Monster in 2012. This week is his first start since the Masters, where he led on the second nine on Sunday only to finish in a tie for third.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked at this period coming up and I think something had to give, for sure. For me, it kind of ended up being the RBC, especially what happened after Augusta,\u201d Rose said Tuesday. \u201cI felt like I knew what was coming, I knew what a big run of events were coming, obviously with PGA Championship being on the back of this three. For me personally, after the Masters, I feel like I needed that week extra to reflect and get the recovery going into this big run of events. So, yeah, when you\u2019re having to miss great events to prepare for other great events it\u2019s not ideal.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously this event was added late in I guess the structure of the sort of elevated event structure that we had,\u201d he continued. \u201cThis is obviously a new edition, so it had to fall somewhere. I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a group of players and people, the Competition Committee or whatever it\u2019s called, looking at the best practices going forward. So I\u2019m sure there\u2019s been a lot of talk about our schedule next year, the year after, whatever it is. I\u2019m sure that this period of time will be refined, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Rose says, this conflict likely won\u2019t last long. Next year\u2019s schedule will likely fix the blip \u2014\u00a0the Tour would prefer its top players to play Signature Events \u2014 and PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp has big ideas for the Tour\u2019s future schedule<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

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If we have learned anything over the years, it\u2019s that we can\u2019t get too used to this schedule staying pat.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike, if y\u2019all were to walk with me each day of the tournament and to see what we have to do in order to play one week, having to do that four weeks in a row, I wouldn\u2019t be able to perform my best,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cSo when I show up at a tournament I want to be able to give it my best and I have to set up my schedule in a certain way and, you know, the chips kind of fall where they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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