Everything Happening in Golf Right Now — PGA Tour Changes, Wyndham, Nelly, and More

Everything That Just Happened in Golf — Live From the Travelers Championship Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored Head to cozyearth.com and use code WINGO for an exclusive 20% off. Go to https://kachava.com and use code WINGO for 15% off your first order. Subscribe to support the channel:    / @treywingogolf   Everything That Just Happened in Golf — Live From the Travelers Championship This is Golf Live from TPC River Highlands at the Travelers Championship, where Trey Wingo is on-site and Justin Ray is at Hazeltine National for the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Between them, every major story in golf this week is covered. The PGA Tour Revealed Its Future Brian Rolapp, the PGA Tour CEO and future commissioner, unveiled the framework for the Tour’s new structure beginning in 2028. A Championship Tour will feature 120-player fields, mandatory cuts, no sponsor exemptions, and minimum purses of $20 million. A Challenger Tour will serve as a developmental circuit with $4 million purses and a direct pathway to the top level. The season will run February through August, followed by a separate playoff system built around match play. Two announcements generated the most excitement: the elimination of sponsor exemptions and the possibility of events at Pine Valley, Cypress Point, and Seminole. Rolapp told Trey that sponsors do not decide who makes the NFL playoffs or NBA Finals, and they should not determine PGA Tour fields either. The Tour also announced a Last Chance Series for players fighting to keep status, plus expanded international events in partnership with the DP World Tour. Trey notes that aspect felt like a direct response to LIV Golf’s international strategy. Jim Furyk also stopped by the Golf Live set at Travelers, another reminder of why being on-site matters. Wyndham Clark Wins the U.S. Open Wyndham Clark is now a two-time U.S. Open champion after leading wire-to-wire at Shinnecock Hills. Since winning at LACC in 2023, only Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have more PGA Tour victories than Clark. Justin Ray notes that Clark’s ceiling is significantly higher than many people realize. While he does not contend every week, when he finds form he wins. Clark’s short game carried him to victory despite hitting only 20 of 36 greens over the weekend. He repeatedly made critical par putts and handled the pressure of leading for four straight days while dealing with a hostile gallery and a charging Scottie Scheffler. Both Trey and Justin came away impressed by how he handled the crowd, joking with his caddie throughout the week rather than letting it affect him. As for Sam Burns, Justin believes it is only a matter of time before he breaks through in a major after back-to-back near misses at the U.S. Open. Nelly Korda Goes for Three Straight Majors Justin is on-site at Hazeltine for the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, where Nelly Korda is chasing her third consecutive major victory of the season. A win would make her just the fifth woman ever to win three majors in a single year. Through eight stroke-play starts this season, only ten players have finished ahead of her. Justin describes her current level of dominance as approaching peak Tiger Woods territory relative to her competition. The purse this week is $13 million, the largest in women’s golf history. Beyond Korda, players to watch include Gino Titikul, Charlie Hull, Hannah Green, and defending champion Minjee Lee. The Travelers Championship Preview After the brutality of Shinnecock, TPC River Highlands offers a completely different challenge. This is a birdie fest. Jim Furyk shot 58 here. Patrick Cantlay has averaged more than five birdies per round over the last five years. Putting often becomes the deciding factor. Trey also appreciates that the Travelers has embraced its identity as the event immediately following the U.S. Open. The atmosphere is lighter, the crowds are energetic, and dramatic finishes seem to happen every year. Your Questions The show also answers seven questions from the Golf Live community, including reactions to the Rolapp announcement, dream future PGA Tour venues, the return of match play, unanswered questions about the Tour’s future, Gino Titikul’s chances at Hazeltine, Wyndham Clark’s treatment at Shinnecock, and whether the USGA got the course setup right. Everything that happened in golf this week — from the PGA Tour’s future to Wyndham Clark’s breakthrough, Nelly Korda’s dominance, and the Travelers Championship — all in one episode of Golf Live. Watch More Golf Player Interviews:    • Player Interviews   Watch More Golf Expert Interviews:    • Expert Interviews