"The US-Tour schedule is normally out at this time of the year but it is not yet out"

In this story on Ernie Els turning his attention to 2009, there is this item thrown in at the end:

Els said he would play a little bit more in Europe because he believes that the US Tour in particular could suffer from the credit crunch.

"The US-Tour schedule is normally out at this time of the year but it is not yet out, it hasn't been printed yet some of the events might be under threat, a couple of tournaments might not take place," he said.

"These are very, very difficult times at the moment and probably to the next year."

FYI Big Easy, the PGA Tour announced the 2008 schedule on November 14th.