2018 PGA Tour
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Tiger turns in -4 for the day, -16 for the tournament and a shot back of the lead. The final group is spinning its wheels and keeping the field in it.
Do we all still feel that Finau is the guy or did Xander or even Keegan play their way into the conversation?
I said Bradley because he's playing well at the right time and has had success in past Ryder Cups.
Finau is playing better. Including the US Open, he's played in 9 tournaments with 6 top 10s (3 for 3 in the playoffs too) and 3 top 5s (a chance to go 3 for 3 in the playoffs here if he can get a stroke back). In that same time period, Keegan has 2 top 5s (assuming he doesn't implode today) and a bunch of middling results.
The body of work of Finau, Xander and, honestly, many others is way better
I know. I'm a noted fan of Keegan and love his energy and enthusiasm. His success in 2012 with Mickelson sticks out in my mind. Just as I praise him, he hits his 2nd shot on 18 into the stands.
Pretty fun anonymous tour pro survey:
https://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/2018/09/12/anonymous-pga-tour-survey-tiger-woods-donald-trump/
https://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/2018/09/12/anonymous-pga-tour-survey-tiger-woods-donald-trump/
New playoff format is going in next year.
Season will still end at the Wyndham, but they’ve created a “Wyndham Rewards Top 10” which is bonus that pays out the top 10 in the FedEx point standings after the Wyndham. Regular season points leader would collect $2 million, and then staggers down from there. 10th gets $500k. The idea here is to boost the Wyndham field and create additional drama.
Playoffs- Northern Trust will be 125 players, 70 at the BMW and then 30 at East lake.
Tour Championship will feature a handicap system so to speak. The leader in the FedEx points standings going into the tournament will start the tournament at -10. 2nd, -8 and so on down to 26th-30th who will begin at E. You win the Tour Championship, you win FedEx Cup. They are trying to eliminate situations where 1 guy wins the tournament (Schauffele) and another guy wins the FedEx Cup (JT). So long, endless Steve Sands love projections during the broadcast. They’ve also juiced the FedEx Cup total purse to $60 million, with the winner getting $15 million.
Season will still end at the Wyndham, but they’ve created a “Wyndham Rewards Top 10” which is bonus that pays out the top 10 in the FedEx point standings after the Wyndham. Regular season points leader would collect $2 million, and then staggers down from there. 10th gets $500k. The idea here is to boost the Wyndham field and create additional drama.
Playoffs- Northern Trust will be 125 players, 70 at the BMW and then 30 at East lake.
Tour Championship will feature a handicap system so to speak. The leader in the FedEx points standings going into the tournament will start the tournament at -10. 2nd, -8 and so on down to 26th-30th who will begin at E. You win the Tour Championship, you win FedEx Cup. They are trying to eliminate situations where 1 guy wins the tournament (Schauffele) and another guy wins the FedEx Cup (JT). So long, endless Steve Sands love projections during the broadcast. They’ve also juiced the FedEx Cup total purse to $60 million, with the winner getting $15 million.
I'm with you, i hate it. If you want to be sure that the winner of the Tour Championship also wins the Fed Ex cup, just make it so.
Yeah I don’t like it either.
It’ll never happen because of TV, but I still think match play for the prize is the best way to go.
It’ll never happen because of TV, but I still think match play for the prize is the best way to go.
I like the change. They aren't changing how the scoring points work, its just now whoever wins the tour championship is the champion.
If someone gets a 10 stroke head start and wins, can it really count as an official tournament win?
Yeah, it seems like they don’t so much want the Tour Championship winner to be the fed ex cup winner but they want the guy ranked #1 in points going in to it to win the tournament.
This seems like a solution without a problem. Who gives a shit if two guys split the two victories?
Totally agree. It was one thing when Vijay the FedEx without having to play the Tour Championship. But they fixed that, and I think it's a pretty solid setup now.