This weekend's Tournament of Champions in Hawaii kicks off the 2019 PGA Tour season. It shapes up to be one of the best in years.
A year after his remarkable return, Tiger Woods leads a host of veterans still winning tournaments and looking to hold off players 10, 15, even 20-plus years younger _ in the case of the 43-year-old Woods. Along with the annual trip to Augusta National for the Masters, a superb major championship lineup includes storied and unspoiled Pebble Beach for the U.S. Open, boisterous and beastly Bethpage Black outside New York City for the PGA Championship and rugged Royal Portrush for the first Open Championship in Northern Ireland since 1951.
The PGA Championship's move from August to May and the Players Championship's return to March has created a schedule will little let-up, beginning with this month's West Coast swing. The PGA Tour's wraparound schedule actually kicked off in early October, but for the game's top players the season is now just ramping up.
Here are five storylines worth keeping an eye on the rest of the way:
