Jordan Spieth vs Robert Garrigus 1-on-1 Who You Got?

They’re far from perfect, but signature events have accomplished the PGA TOUR’s main goal: to bring the circuit’s best together more often. Are there ways they could be improved? Absolutely. But they’ve done the job to this point.

And because of this, the TOUR added a ninth in 2026. The Miami Championship, scheduled for April 30-May 3, will be staged at Trump National Doral. The TOUR held an event at the president’s track annually from 1962-2016, and after a nearly decade-long hiatus, it’s set to return in a little over eight months.

When the 2026 TOUR schedule was released, Golfweek’s Adam Schupak reached out to numerous members and was able to talk to James Hahn, who hadn’t seen it yet, while he was practicing in Arizona.

He was, let’s just say, frustrated.

“An extra signature event without a title sponsor at a course owned by the President,” he said. “This is a joke, right?”

Hahn broke the news to 47-year-old TOUR vet Robert Garrigus, and he shared a similar sentiment: “What is happening to our Tour?”

But then he added...

“So, does that mean one more sponsor invite for Jordan Spieth? Tell Spieth I’ll play him for any amount he wants,” he said. “I win, I get his five invites to the signature events.”

Schupak writes that Hahn kept practicing, but was “riled up now, too.”

There's a bit of self-awareness lacking here, to say the least. Sure, Spieth benefitted from several sponsor exemptions this year. But that’s because the folks who run these events understand the Texan puts asses in seats. Fans come out to watch Spieth do his thing. The same thing can’t be said for Garrigus.

The one-time TOUR winner made one start this season, the Farmers Insurance Open, and missed the cut after opening rounds of 73-81. In 2024, he made two starts at the Cognizant Classic and World Wide Technology Championship, and missed the weekend at both stops. And in nine starts during the 2022-23 season, Garrigus missed eight straight cuts before tying for 27th at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

So while he thinks Spieth hasn’t earned the opportunities he’s been given at these signature events, what about his record over the last three years says he has? Plus, I’m not sure Garrigus’ proposition to Spieth would be the most financially responsible decision.

I understand that these guys aren’t going to get into the signature events, so of course they’re frustrated that their opportunities to play are being minimized. But I can’t imagine they’d make a different decision if the roles were reversed and the future of the sport, culturally and commercially, was in their hands.