The PGA Tour keeps telling us their 2026 schedule changes will create better competition and more opportunities for everyone. But here’s the thing that’ll make you shake your head – while Tour executives pat themselves on the back for these “improvements,” the actual players living through this system are telling a completely different story. And it’s not pretty.

Meanwhile, defending Mexico Open champion Jake Knapp sat in GOLF’s Subpar studio and delivered a reality check that cuts straight through the corporate spin. “Not really. No,” Knapp responded bluntly when asked if he liked the new schedule direction. His follow-up was even more damning: “I haven’t heard one person. I don’t know that anybody does other than the top 10 dudes in the world that seem to be calling the shots.”

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