<Li> The WGC - HSBC Champions, traditionally held the week after the Malaysia tournament . Despite its elevation to World Golf Championships status in 2009, it initially was not an official - money event . Starting in 2010, if the event was won by a PGA Tour member, it counted as an official win and carried the three - year exemption of the other WGCs . Starting in 2013, the HSBC Champions became an official money event, and wins are official for Tour and non-Tour members alike . </Li> <P> Most members of the tour play between 20 and 30 tournaments in the season . The geography of the tour is determined by the weather . It starts in Hawaii in January and spends most of its first two months in California and Arizona during what is known as the "West Coast Swing" and then moves to the American Southeast for the "Southern Swing ." Each swing culminates in a significant tour event . In April, tour events begin to drift north . The summer months are spent mainly in the Northeast and the Midwest, and in the fall (autumn) the tour heads south again . </P> <P> In most of the regular events on tour, the field is either 132, 144 or 156 players, depending on time of year (and available daylight hours). All players making the cut earn money for the tournament with the winner usually receiving 18% of the total purse . </P> <P> In 2008, the PGA Tour Policy Board approved a change in the number of players that will make the cut . The cut will continue to be low 70 professionals and ties, unless that results in a post-cut field of more than 78 players . Under that circumstance, the cut score will be selected to make a field as close to 70 players as possible without exceeding 78 . Players who are cut in such circumstances but who have placed 70th or worse will get credit for making the cut and will earn official money and FedEx Cup points . This policy affected two of the first three events with cuts, the Sony Open in Hawaii and the Buick Invitational . In late February, the Policy Board announced a revised cut policy, effective beginning with the Honda Classic . The new policy calls for 36 - hole cut to the low 70 professionals and ties and, if that cut results in more than 78 players, a second 54 - hole cut to the low 70 professionals and ties . Those who do not survive the 54 - hole cut are designated as MDF (made the cut, did not finish). </P>

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