PGA Tour to End Season With Match-Play Event
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The PGA Tour is a big golf competition. It is changing its playoffs. Playoffs are the last events of the season.
In the future, the season will end with a match-play event. Match-play is a type of golf. In match-play, two players play against each other. This is different from normal golf, where players compete against everyone.
The new plan is part of the PGA TOUR Championship Series. This is the name for the group of events at the end of the season.
The PGA Tour said it is making a big change to its playoffs. This is called an overhaul. An overhaul means a big change to how something works.
Golf fans will see a new kind of final event. The tour did not give all the details yet. But the big change is clear: match-play will decide the season champion.
Vocabulary15 words
- PGA Tour
- a big group that runs golf competitions
- playoffs
- the last games or events of a season
- match-play
- a golf game where two players play against each other
- PGA TOUR Championship Series
- the name for the last group of golf events in a season
- overhaul
- a big change to how something works
- season
- the time when a sport is played each year
- competition
- an event where people try to win
- champion
- the winner
- structure
- the way something is organized
- event
- something that happens, like a game
- final
- the last one
- announce
- to tell people about something
- compete
- to try to win against others
- golf
- a sport where you hit a small ball into a hole
- player
- a person who plays a sport
Quiz
Answer key
1. A match-play event 2. A game where two players play against each other 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The PGA Tour is a big golf _____. It is changing its playoffs.
In the future, the season will end with a _____ event.
In match-play, two players play against _____.
The new plan is part of the PGA TOUR Championship _____.
The PGA Tour said it is making a big _____ to its playoffs.
This is called an _____.
Golf fans will see a new kind of final _____.
The tour did not give all the _____ yet.
The big change is clear: match-play will decide the season _____.