These six PGA Tour golfers could use the fall swing as launching pad for success in 2022-23 season
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These players have the opportunity to parlay a big fall into a meaningful 2023 on the PGA Tour
The PGA Tour's fall swing is unlike any other part of its schedule. While there are a handful of top-tier events, most of the slate is an opportunity for either youngsters to make a name for themselves ahead of the meat of the schedule next spring or for flailing veterans to rediscover the groove that once made them great.
While we don't know what the next few falls are going to look like -- the Tour will likely move to a completely revamped fall swing in 2023 and beyond -- the current fall slate will follow the last few and offer a few opportunities to some players that might go otherwise unnoticed if all the stars were in full swing.
Breakouts can manifest themselves in a number of different ways. Last year, Talor Gooch foreshadowed his leap into the top 40 in the world when he got off to a hot start during the fall swing and eventually won the RSM Classic to close out the schedule. That went a little sideways in 2022 when he disqualified himself from the PGA Tour after joining LIV Golf, but he's a good example of how the Tour's fall tournaments can be a springboard into a terrific following year.
