Kisner admits schedule now based around Majors

Kevin Kisner admits his playing schedule has changed dramatically from his early seasons on the PGA Tour.

The 33-year-old American has learned that the professional golf circuit is comprised of different levels based on performance.

Kisner, who first gained his PGA Tour card in 2011, did not play a tournament with guaranteed money and no cut until two years ago at the Bridgestone Invitational.

He admits that he barely crosses path with the company he kept in those early days, which saw him fail to earn enough money to retain his card only then to re-qualify at Q-school.

“The tournaments I play now, I don’t even see half the guys I used to see all the time,” he told USA Today. “It’s almost three levels of the tour.

“But that’s fine. It’s part of it.”

Kisner and current world number 107 Scott Brown played 23 of the same 24 events in 2012, the difference being Brown played the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook and Kisner played the Houston Open.

Five years later and Brown played 32 times in 2017 while Kisner was only present in 17 of those events, while also taking part in the Masters, US Open and Open, three World Golf Championships and the Tour Championship.

“Any time you move up in the world ranking, you change your schedule and your outlook,” Kisner added. “You start working around majors and World Golf Championships instead of playing every tournament you want to play.”

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