American Family Insurance Championship announces new team format for 2025 By Brian Weis

American Family Insurance Championship announces new team format for 2025

PGA TOUR Champions event will also be held at TPC Wisconsin for the first time

By Brian Weis

Tournament organizers and PGA TOUR Champions officials announced today the American Family Insurance Championship will debut a new team competition format beginning in 2025.

The tournament, scheduled for June 6-8, 2025, will feature three days of competition, including one day of "scramble" play, the first time a PGA TOUR Champions event will feature that format. The 2025 event will also see the tournament moving to a new course, with the competition now taking place at TPC Wisconsin in Madison for the first time. The course was co-designed by PGA TOUR Champions star and host of the tournament, Steve Stricker.

"With this tournament moving to a new course in 2025, it's an ideal time to try a new format as well," said Stricker. "I was honored to play in and serve as Captain at both the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup, which showcased the excitement that team golf brings. This format adds a level of intrigue and competition to the game. We appreciate how the Madison community has embraced the AmFam Champ, and the new format and course will continue to provide a unique experience for our fans."

Tournament format and details
The 2025 American Family Insurance Championship will feature a field of 76 players, organized into 38 teams of two. The top 38 players, based on PGA TOUR Champions eligibility standards, will choose their partners. Competing for a $3 million purse, the winning team will share $600,000 ($300,000 per player).

The new two-person team format will continue as a 54-hole competition over three days:

Days 1 & 3: Team Best Ball
Each player on the team plays his golf ball throughout the round. After each hole the player with the lowest score on the hole (or "best ball") serves as the team's score. The higher-scoring player's score is not counted for that particular hole.

Day 2: Team Scramble
A scramble format involves each player on the team hitting a tee shot. The team will select one of the tee shots with both golfers playing the second shot from the selected location. This process continues until the hole is finished and a team score is recorded.

"The new team format at the American Family Insurance Championship will bring an exciting dynamic to the tournament, and I can't wait to see the incredible teamwork and competition on display," said PGA TOUR Champions President Miller Brady. "As this event enters its first year at TPC Wisconsin, this new team competition promises thrilling golf at a fantastic new venue. We are looking forward to an unforgettable week that will continue to elevate the event experience for players and fans alike."

"We believe the new format, in addition to the new course location, will create an exciting atmosphere and help us continue to host one of the best events on the PGA TOUR Champions," said Bill Westrate, American Family chair and CEO. "We're proud of the millions of dollars we've raised for charitable organizations since 2016, and that primary objective remains. We look forward to building on our historic success while continuing to make tournament enhancements to ensure we're hosting a premier event for players, caddies, sponsors, fans and volunteers."

The American Family Insurance Championship will officially announce player commitments and teams before tournament week in 2025.

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.