Kaare Johnson says New Orleans is now out of the running for a Tier 1 event

Nothing last forever, Kaare. Did the PGA sign a lifetime commitment to NOLA for the event? if it was a moneymaker, they'd still be there. And it's not like Rolap isn't cutting ties to other locations (think Hawaii). This is all part of the redesign. I'm not a fan of the whole thing, but this tourney was never that big of a draw. Hopefully, they put a supplemental tour event there.

Oh, and Kaare is a fricking liberal fig. Screw him.

I’m not saying he’s wrong, but Kaare Johnson isn’t going to be the first to know this.

DFW & Houston are probably out as well.

Nothing against the tournament but has it ever been a tier 1 event? Maybe back in the 80's and before when all the top pros weren't making millions and they had to play a lot of tournaments. I've been watching since early 90's and it's always been a tournament that most of the top players skipped because of where it landed in the schedule. Doesn't mean they won't have a tournament at all just not a tier 1 signature style event. I definitely think Texas will only have 1 Tier 1 event from the 5 tournaments they have this year, probably the Colonial in Fort Worth, the Childres in Houston, Valero in San Antonio, and Byron Nelson in Dallas will probably be tier 2 and who knows what will happen with the new Austin tournament with pho outrage cancel culture fiasco about Good Good sponsorship

They should take like 8 of the final 14 and let them alternate being champions series events