September 2024: the Must-See Competitions on the PGA Tour (🏆*post updated with the Winners)
- clairebambino
- Sep 4, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 11, 2024
🗓🏌🏽♂️ SEPTEMBER 2024 ☀️
🏌🏽♂️ Procore Championship – Sept 12-15, 2024 – Silverado Resort, California • USA
Voted the most fan-friendly event on the PGA TOUR, the Procore Championship is an annual event on the PGA TOUR that offers all the excitement of professional golf with a flair for the finer things in life.
Many of the world's best players have competed in Napa. Notable participants have included Sahith Theegala, Max Homa, Hideki Matsuyama, Patrick Cantlay, Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas, Tony Finau, Will Zalatoris, Colin Morikawa, Jon Rahm, Phil Mickelson, and more.
Updated by PGA TOUR Hall-of-Famer Johnny Miller, the North Course at Silverado Resort and Spa features pristine, tree-lined fairways, water crossings, and deep bunkers that require skilled approaches. The par-72 layout measures 7,123 yards during tournament week. Stewart Cink holds the tournament scoring record at 21 under par (2020).
💰 Purse 2024: $6,000,000
FedExCup Fall: 500 pts
The FedExCup Fall features seven tournaments that will finalize the top 125 players who will secure their PGA TOUR cards for 2025 as well as those who will have special playing opportunities. This makes these events, especially The Procore Championship, incredibly important. Eligibility for these events is the same as the FedExCup Regular Season. At The Procore Championship, the top 144 committing players from the Priority Ranking are eligible to compete.
What benefits will winners of FedExCup Fall Events receive?
2-year exemption on PGA TOUR,
500 FedExCup points,
Official World Golf Ranking points,
Spots in The Sentry, THE PLAYERS Championship, the Masters Tournament and the PGA Championship.
🏆 Previous winner (2023): 🇺🇸 Sahith Theegala ($1,512,000)
🏆 Winner 2024: 🇺🇸 Patton Kizzire ($1,080,000)- Age: 38 - Turned Pro in 2008.
Patton Kizzire signed a card of 70 on the North Course of the Silverado Resort in Napa Valley. In doing so, he ended a 6-year winless period. He beat his compatriot David Lipsky by five shots. Ranked 132nd overall before this tournament, Patton Kizzire is now guaranteed to play on the major American circuit until 2026. The previous winner 2023, Sahith Theegala, finished in the top 10 (72).
🏌🏽♂️ Presidents Cup – Sept 26-29, 2024 – Royal Montreal GC, Quebec • Canada
The Presidents Cup began in 1994, with a competition held at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Prince William County, Virginia, USA. Through the 25-plus-year journey, the world's best players have come together to compete for team, country and the honor of raising the Presidents Cup trophy.
The Presidents Cup is a biennial golf tournament. It is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world minus Europe. Note : Europe competes against the United States in a similar but considerably older event, the Ryder Cup. The Presidents Cup is considered one of the most prestigious golf tournaments in the world, and it often features some of the best players in the game.
🏆 Previous winner (2022): 🇺🇸 United States
🏆 Winner 2024: 🇺🇸 United States
The United States have won the Presidents Cup 2024, their 10th consecutive victory - the 14th time in 15 editions. A victory under the captaincy of Jim Furyk with a final score of 18.5 to 11.5, and a final session won 7.5 to 4.5. The winning point came from the next captain of the 2025 Ryder Cup (26-28 September 2025), Keegan Bradley.
