Where dreams (no longer) come true: PGA Tour releases first part of 2013-14 schedule

As in 2012, the season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, HI will conclude on a Monday (Jan. 7), allowing for tournament promotion by NBC and Golf Channel during NFL weekend games. The final round will be aired prior to college football's Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game. Following the Sony Open in Hawaii (Jan. 10-13), the TOUR moves to the mainland for the traditional West Coast swing over the next six weeks, beginning with the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation in LaQuinta, CA (Jan. 17-20) and concluding with the Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain, AZ (Feb. 20-24).

The TOUR then moves primarily through the Southeast and Texas for 13 straight weeks, beginning with The Honda Classic (Feb. 28-March 3) and running through the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial (May 23-26).

The PGA TOUR schedule continues through the Midwest and Northeast over the next seven weeks, beginning with the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance at Muirfield Village Golf Club (May 30-June 2) through the John Deere Classic (July 11-14) in Silvis, IL. The U.S. Open will be contested at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, PA June 13-16.

That leads to the final five-week push to the FedExCup Playoffs, which includes the final two major championships ' The Open Championship, July 18-21, at Muirfield in East Lothian, Scotland; and the PGA Championship, Aug. 8-11 at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, NY ' as well as the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, Aug. 1-4. The Wyndham Championship concludes the stretch, finalizing the 125-player Playoff field.

The FedExCup Playoffs open Aug. 22-25 with The Barclays at Liberty National Golf Course in New Jersey City, NJ, then shift to the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston and BMW Championship at Conway Farms Golf Club outside of Chicago, before concluding at the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.