The PGA Tour’s West Coast swing has come to a close. We’re three signature events into the season with the Players Championship only a month away. After an awesome finish Sunday as Ludvig Åberg birdied four of the final six holes to win at Torrey Pines,

Sunday of the WM Phoenix Open averaged 2.9 million, up 21% from 2024. The week before, the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am attracted 3.3 million viewers for Rory McIlroy’s victory, which was the highest-rated non-major until the Genesis.

Changes to PGA Tour University already were in the works, and a month later the No. 1 senior went from access to the minor leagues (Korn Ferry Tour) to a full card on the PGA Tour. Aberg, a senior at Texas Tech, became the first player to take that direct path.