The Tour Championship takes place at East Lake Golf Club as the PGA Tour season comes to a close. But who is in, and how does it work?
The Tour Championship takes place at East Lake Golf Club as the PGA Tour season comes to a close.
The season-finale brings together the 30 best golfers from the past nine months, with the winner taking home the FedEx Cup.
The Tour Championship is the last of three FedEx Cup Playoffs events, with the FedEx St Jude Championship and the BMW Championship already providing plenty of drama.
East Lake has been the permanent home of the Tour Championship since 2004 and has seen some incredible moments.
Rory McIlroy is the defending champion, having become the first man to win the FedEx Cup on three occasions. He came from six shots back at the start of the week to take victory in 2022.
With it being the season-finale, the Tour Championship is a little bit different to other PGA Tour tournaments. So how does it work?
How does the Tour Championship work?
Those featuring at East Lake have finished inside the top 30 on the season-long FedEx Cup standings.
The event is like any other stroke play tournament on the PGA Tour, but starts with a difference.
The man who topped the FedEx Cup standings coming into the season-finale begins the opening round at 10-under-par – two shots clear of the field.
The rest of the top five then start the week at eight-under, seven-under, six-under and five-under, respectively.
From there, the other 25 golfers are split info five-man groups. Positions 6-10 on the FedEx Cup standings start at four-under, 11-15 at three-under, 16-20 at two-under, 21-25 at one-under and, finally, those in the last five places begin the week at level par.
There is no cut. The winner lifts the FedEx Cup and the Tour Championship trophies, as well as taking home $18 million.
How they line up at East Lake…
-10: Scottie Scheffler
-8: Viktor Hovland
-7: Rory McIlroy
-6: Jon Rahm
-5: Lucas Glover
-4: Max Homa
-4: Patrick Cantlay
-4: Brian Harman
-4: Wyndham Clark
-4: Matt Fitzpatrick
-3: Tommy Fleetwood
-3: Russell Henley
-3: Keegan Bradley
-3: Rickie Fowler
-3: Xander Schauffele
-2: Tom Kim
-2: Sungjae Im
-2: Tony Finau
-2: Corey Conners
-2: Si Woo Kim
-1: Taylor Moore
-1: Nick Taylor
-1: Adam Schenk
-1: Collin Morikawa
-1: Jason Day
E: Sam Burns
E: Emiliano Grillo
E: Tyrrell Hatton
E: Jordan Spieth
E: Sepp Straka
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