5 (extremely) bold predictions for the 2026 PGA Tour season

Unfortunately, there's still more than a week to go before the 2026 PGA Tour season begins in Hawaii. Due to The Sentry being canceled, there's an extra week off for many of the best players in the world before they get to begin 2026 at the Sony Open in Honolulu.

But that hasn't stopped us from thinking ahead to what's to come this year. After an action-packed 2025 season that saw plenty of notable story lines, it's time to dream about 2026. And with that, we're getting bold in thinking about what could happen this year.

Here's a look at five (extremely) bold predictions for the 2026 PGA Tour season.

1. Two players will complete the career Grand Slam

Told you this was going to be bold. First, Scottie Scheffler is going to continue his dominance and not only win his third Masters but also win the U.S. Open at Shinnecock, his sixth major title and the last one he needs to complete the career grand slam. The second player who will accomplish it this year? He'll actually do it before Scheffler, and that's Jordan Spieth, who will win the PGA Championship at Aronimink for his fourth major. And that's not the only win Spieth will have this season.

2. The Rookie of the Year is still in college

That's right. Jackson Koivun is going to win PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, and he won't turn pro until June. He has a PGA Tour card in his pocket thanks to PGA Tour University Accelerated, and he actually had a card locked up after his sophomore season. He decided to return to Auburn for his junior year, but once he turns pro after NCAAs in June, he's going to take the PGA Tour by storm, win his first event (and maybe more!) and win Rookie of the Year.

3. Tiger Woods makes the cut in multiple majors

Who knows when he will make his return, but Woods should be close to returning to competition in the next month or so barring any setbacks in his recovery from his latest microdiscectomy or Achilles tendon rupture from last March. If he returns by the Masters, he's going to continue his made cut streak at Augusta National. If his return is later, he'll find a way to make the weekend at two of the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and British Open.

4. Two players will win 5 (or more) times

Only once this century have two players won at least five times in a season (Jordan Spieth and Jason Day in 2014-15). That will happen again this season. One of those will be Scottie. The other? Only time will tell, but perhaps this is the year someone else can curtail Scheffler's incredible run by putting up insane numbers of their own.

5. Scottie Scheffler will top $35 million in official earnings

He nearly accomplished the feat in 2024 with a little more than $29 million in earnings, but this year, Scheffler is going to blow the previous high money earned mark in a season out of the water. With wins at the Masters and U.S. Open (see No. 1) and at least five wins (see No. 4), Scheffler is going to not only be the first player in history to top $30 million in earnings, but he's going to get past $35 million in one season.