Saudi-funded LIV Golf has lured away some two dozen players from the PGA Tour to compete in 48-man fields over 54 holes for $25 million in total prize money. The 29-man field - minus Zalatoris - sets off amid a battle of riches outside the ropes. “I think I speak for all the players when you say that when you’re at East Lake, it essentially verifies that you either have had a really good season or you’ve turned it on and played really well in the playoffs,” Jordan Spieth said. No one seems to have a realistic solution, though no one is terribly upset about the whole situation with a total of $75 million in bonus money being distributed.Īll of them are at East Lak for a reason - they played great golf at some point this year. “I think there’s got to be a better system, although frankly I don’t know what that better system is.” McIlroy (who starts six shots behind) is trying to become the first player to win the FedEx Cup three times.Ĭantlay didn’t like the system a year ago before he won, and even a $15 million prize last year didn’t change his mind. No one has ever won the FedEx Cup in consecutive years. It can be a lot to digest.Ĭantlay and McIlroy both have a chance to break new round. Rory McIlroy won that year and remains the only player to win the FedEx Cup and post the lowest score in the Tour Championship. 1 seed not to win was Justin Thomas, who tied for third. Two years ago, Dustin Johnson was the top seed and won by three shots over Xander Schauffele, who had the better actual score over 72 holes by one shot. Patrick Cantlay began with a two-shot lead last year and won the FedEx Cup by one shot over Jon Rahm, who started the tournament four shots behind. 1 seed going into the FedEx Cup finale, and recent history is on Scheffler’s side. 1 seed starts out at 10-under par and with a two-shot lead before the first tee shot on Thursday. It’s how they get to that point that is different.įor the fourth straight year, the No. Will Zalatoris had to withdraw with a bad back and will get last-place money of $500,000. No one ever complains about the money from the FedEx Cup. “It’s nice being on this end of the strokes versus having to give them up to everybody, like I have to do at home.” “It’s been a while, yeah,” said Scheffler, the No.
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He can’t remember the last time someone gave him strokes, much less Patrick Cantlay. And now he’s at East Lake for the Tour Championship for another strange sensation. He won his first major at Augusta National. He won his first PGA Tour title in Phoenix.
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(AP Photo/Steve Helber) Steve HelberĪTLANTA - Scottie Scheffler has experienced so much new this year. Sepp Straka, of Austria, hits out of a bunker on the eighth hole during a practice round for the PGA TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club Wednesday Aug 24, 2022, in Atlanta, Ga. Tony Finau grabs his ball on the seventh green during a practice round for the PGA TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club Wednesday Aug 24, 2022, in Atlanta, Ga. Jon Rahm, of Spain, practices his putting on the 18th green during a practice round for the PGA TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club Wednesday Aug 24, 2022, in Atlanta, Ga. Scott Stallings chips out of the bunker on the 18th hole during a practice round for the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club Wednesday Aug 24, 2022, in Atlanta, Ga. Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, center, listens to PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan during a press conference at East Lake Golf Club prior to the start of the Tour Championship golf tournament Wednesday Aug 24, 2022, in Atlanta, Ga. Patrick Cantlay, right, is congratulated by Xander Schauffele after winning the BMW Championship golf tournament at Wilmington Country Club, Sunday, Aug. Scottie Scheffler watches his second shot from the 14th fairway during a practice round for the PGA TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club Wednesday in Atlanta, Ga. Scottie Scheffler, right, and Collin Morikawa, second from right, walk to their balls on the 14th fairway during a practice round for the PGA TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club Wednesday Aug 24, 2022, in Atlanta, Ga.