Hawaiian event cancellation could help La Quinta's PGA Tour event

For years and years, the PGA Tour’s West Coast swing consisting of events in Hawaii, California and Arizona, has been a rock-solid start to the tour’s calendar year. Two events in Hawaii, one event in Arizona and four events in California, including The American Express in La Quinta, help the tour to a perfect start in January and February.

That stretch has actually grown stronger, with events like The American Express attracting stronger and stronger fields seemingly by the year as the rhythm of the shortened PGA Tour FedEx Cup season has changed.