PGA Tour releases 2013 schedule

• The 2013 PGA Tour season will include 36 events and four playoff events
• The season will end with the Sept. 19-22 Tour Championship
• The off week during the FedExCup Playoffs will fall between the second and third events

Next year's FedExCup will include 36 regular-season tournaments and four playoff events, the PGA Tour announced Monday.

The Tour Championship by Coca-Cola at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta Sept. 19-22 will conclude the FedExCup's seventh run.

"We are extremely pleased with the continued stability and strength of the PGA Tour schedule," Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said. "While the upcoming season is unique in that our traditional fall tournaments are shifting to the start of the 2013-2014 season, we are very excited about the upcoming change that will establish a definitive end to the PGA Tour season at the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola."

The season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii will conclude Jan. 7 -- a Monday. The Tour will stay in Hawaii one more week for the Sony Open before heading to the mainland for its traditional West Coast, six-week stay, beginning with the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation in La Quinta, Calif. (Jan. 17-20), and concluding with the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain, Ariz. (Feb. 20-24).

From there the Tour will be in the Southeast and Texas for 13 weeks, starting with the Honda Classic (Feb. 28-March 3) and ending with the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Texas (May 23-26).

The schedule then takes the players through the Midwest and Northeast over the following seven weeks, beginning with the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Ohio (May 30-June 2) and ending with the John Deere Classic (July 11-14) in Illinois.

The major season begins as it always does with the Masters in Augusta, Ga., from April 11-14. The U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Penn., June 13-16; the British Open at Muirfield in Scotland July 18-21, and the final major of the season, the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., is Aug. 8-11.

The FedExCup Playoffs open Aug. 22-25 with The Barclays at Liberty National Golf Course in New Jersey City, 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.

Major changes from the 2012 schedule:

• The Mayakoba Golf Classic moves from its February slot opposite the Accenture Match Play Championship to its own fall date as part of the beginning to the 2013-2014 FedExCup Season.
• Due to the Masters Tournament concluding on April 14, the Valero Texas Open moves from two weeks after the Masters to immediately before the Masters.
• The off week during the FedExCup Playoffs will fall between the second and third events, the Deutsche Bank Championship (Aug. 30-Sept. 2) and the BMW Championship (Sept. 12-15). Another off week falls between the Tour Championship by Coca-Cola and the Presidents Cup, which will be held the week of Sept. 30 at Muirfield Village Golf Club.

Also in 2013, there will be a slight increase in FedExCup points distribution for the three additional events scheduled opposite major championships and World Golf Championships -- the Puerto Rico Open presented by seepuertorico.com, True South Classic and Reno-Tahoe Open. The winners of these events will earn 300 points, up from 250.

2013 PGA Tour schedule

Jan. 4-7 — Hyundai Tournament of Champions, Plantation Course, Kapalua, Hawaii

Jan. 10-13 — Sony Open, Waialae CC, Honolulu

Jan. 17-20 — Humana Challenge, PGA West (Palmer Private, Nicklaus Private), La Quinta CC, La Quinta, California

Jan. 24-27 — Farmers Insurance Open, Torrey Pines GC (North and South), San Diego

Jan. 31-Feb. 3 — Waste Management Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona

Feb. 7-10 — AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, Monterey Peninsula (Shore Course), Pebble Beach, California

Feb. 14-17 — Northern Trust Open, Riviera CC, Los Angeles

Feb. 20-24 — WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Ritz-Carlton GC at Dove Mountain, Marana, Arizona

Feb. 28-March 3 — Honda Classic, PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

March 7-10 — WGC-Cadillac Championship, TPC Blue Monster at Doral, Doral, Florida

March 7-10 — Puerto Rico Open, Trump International GC, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

March 14-17 — Tampa Bay Championship, Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course), Palm Harbor, Florida

March 21-24 — Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida

March 28-31 — Shell Houston Open, Redstone GC (Tournament Course), Houston

April 4-7 — Valero Texas Open, TPC San Antonio (AT&T Oaks Course), San Antonio

April 11-14 — Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC, Augusta, Georgia

April 18-21 — RBC Heritage, Harbourtown GL, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

April 25-28 — Zurich Classic, TPC Louisiana, New Orleans

May 2-5 — Wells Fargo Championship, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina

May 9-12 — The Players Championship, TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

May 16-19 — HP Byron Nelson Championship, TPC Four Seasons Resort, Las Colinas, Texas

May 23-26 — Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas

May 30-June 2— Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio

June 6-9 — FedEx St. Jude Classic, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee

June 13-16 — U.S. Open, Merion GC, Ardmore, Pennsylvania

June 20-23 — Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands, Hartford, Connecticut

June 27-30 — AT&T National, Congressional CC (Blue Course), Bethesda, Maryland

July 4-7 — The Greenbrier Classic, The Greenbrier (The Old White TPC), White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

July 11-14 — John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois

July 18-21 — British Open, Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland

July 18-21 — True South Classic, Annandale GC, Madison, Mississippi

July 25-28 — RBC Canadian Open, Glen Abbey GC, Oakville, Ontario

Aug. 1-4 — WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone CC (South Course), Akron, Ohio

Aug. 1-4 — Reno-Tahoe Open, Montreaux Golf & CC, Reno, Nevada

Aug. 8-13 — PGA Championship, Oak Hill CC, Rochester, New York

Aug. 15-18 — Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, North Carolina

Aug. 22-25 — The Barclays, Liberty National, Jersey City, New Jersey

Aug. 30-Sept. 2 — Deutsche Bank Championship, TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts

Sept. 12-15 — BMW Championship, Conway Farms GC, Lake Forest, Illinois

Sept. 19-22 — Tour Championship, East Lake GC, Atlanta

Oct. 3-6 — Presidents Cup, Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio