Billionaire businessman’s pro golfer son sends harsh words to PGA tour reducing the field size for signature events

The PGA Tour pro Maverick McNealy has expressed his opinion on the Signature Event field size. The Billionaire businessman's son said he has had a hard time defending their decision to limit the Signature Events' field size to 72.

Rex Hoggard, a prominent sports journalist, shared McNealy's opinion on X and wrote:

"Maverick McNealy's take on PGA Tour field sizes. Not sure many Tour players would disagree:"

"This is my personal opinion, but I have a hard time defending Signature Event fields of 72 players if we're going to limit the number of players that have a card," McNealy said.

He said having a field of 120 golfers is very competitive and believes cut is an integral part of golf.

"I think 120 is a beautiful number, I think it's very competitive. I think a cut is an integral part of our sport and I think it would be really cool to play Signature Events at 120 players over the 72. With eight tournaments, that's 400 more playing opportunities. It just seems like a layup to me."

The 29-year-old pro golfer then said there have been arguments as to why the field size is 72, but none of them have convinced him yet.

"There's a bunch of arguments why 72 is the number. None of them have convinced me yet, but that's my personal opinion," McNealy concluded.

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2025 PGA Tour Signature Events schedule and eligibility

The PGA Tour's Signature Events have various eligibility criteria. The top 50 ranked golfers from the prior season's FedExCup standings will take up the first 50 spots in the field. Then, the top 10 players from the current season's FedEx Cup rankings who aren't exempt otherwise.

There will be 8 Signature Events on the PGA Tour in 2025- Source: Getty

Then, the golfers ranked 51 to 60 in the prior season's FedExCup fall standings will compete in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am and The Genesis Invitational.

The full FedEx Cup points tournament winners from the current year (2025) with the top 30 OWGR-ranked Tour members who aren't exempt from any other category.

Finally, four spots are available via sponsor exemption, where the tournament sponsor can get any PGA pro for the event.

Here are all the Signature Tour Events from the PGA Tour's 2025 season.

• The Sentry: Dec. 30 - Jan. 5
• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Jan. 27 - Feb. 2
• The Genesis Invitational: Feb. 10 - Feb. 16
• Arnold Palmer Invitational: March 3 - March 9
• RBC Heritage: April 14 - April 20
• Truist Championship: May 5 - May 11
• The Memorial Tournament: May 26 - June 1
• Travelers Championship: June 16 - June 22