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Dublin, Ohio-counsel council of PGA Tour’s players met Tuesday evening at the memorial tournament to approve some major changes to his season championship in the season and his big payments FedEx Cup.

What does that mean? Let them dive, in Q & A. style A.

Q: What is the biggest difference in the Tour Championship?

A: Let’s start here: The tour has eliminated its controversial “strokes” format, which essentially rewarded the success of the long season giving the top rank player (Scottie Scheffler, in recent years) an initial score of 10 under par and a two -stroke superiority over the rest of the field.

Q: Why would they do it?

A: Because the amazing start format was confusing and many people thought it was dumb – including Scottie Scheffler, who won the event last year. It was difficult to explain to a casual viewer, it spread the field and left the inherent drama of the week.

Question: Whoa, this seems like a big difference. Wait, so it’s just a free for everyone?

A: Kinda, yes. Like previous years, the 30 best players will make the tournament. Now anyone who shoots the lowest result will come out the winner of the FedEx Cup. I think the tournament. It is a big difference, especially to make in the middle of the season. You don’t see the Super Bowl format shaking Java 9, for example.

Q: Depend, FedEx Cup is a great deal of time. Does that mean the winner gets $ 25 mil? For a good week?!

A: Not enough. We have not received the dollar figures, so I am thinking that the specifics are not yet completed, but reading between the lines, the payment will not be as steep as before. By issuance:

“… FedExcup bonus distributions for the top 30 positions through the tournament will be balanced for 2025 to calculate increased instability, season performance reward and recognize the importance of FedExcup.”

In other words, you will still receive a reward for one year success. I’m still curious what it will look like, anyway.

Q: Okay, good. No amazing start. The simplest forms. What else is different?

A: Course configuration is changing. Tournament data showed that fans wanted to see the winning results closer. Many senior players agreed to that feeling. And so the tournament will fix its configuration to “encourage more danger/reward moments that I think means a little more open with some par-4 mixed mixed drama. In theory players will also like this-but in reality this can be transformed into a strong part. The fact that everyone starts at the same time should make the results look much higher than Scottie Scheffler starting from 10 below, too.

Question: Interesting. Is this a refusal of the East Lake Golf Club?

A: I will allow you to be a judge. I think it’s a good golf course but I’m not sure it’s loved. It will be the host this year and the next two years, too. The tournament will be held in East Lake for 2027, but there are two basic issues with the place: it is not a particularly memorable golf course for television and is so hot in Atlanta in August that life can be absorbed immediately by the event, even with mass money in line. We could have been a few years away from the introduction of a rotating system, where the East Lake would be one of several armies.

Q: Who made these decisions?

A: The tour says it has collected data from more than 50,000 fans, which helped inform the changes. The tour also says the players were the ones who run the process themselves; They are interested in being an initiative led by players and fans. With justice, I think it’s correct. But they want golf fans to know they are listening.

Q: Any strange effect of complication from this decision?

Answer: One comes to mind immediately: If you enter the Play off -FedEx Cup of a country in the tournament (if you are within eight or 10 of the first, say) would you have any obligation to play the first two events? On her face, this removes any advantage of being no. 1 VS no. 10 VS no. 30 – unless those finishing points are done in any other way.

Q: What else should I know?

Answer: I think we have mainly covered it. Scottie Scheffler offered a quota for release, calling for a “tougher course configuration” and a “more direct format”. Tournament commissioner Jay Monahan gave a quote also, citing the fans initiative ahead. I’m not sure why they capitalize on all these things, but they are dependent on the border. However, both Scheffler and I believe Monahan will be in place in Memorial tomorrow, so we will hear more of them then.

Q: So, good change?

A: I think so? I understand the calls for the game’s game, which would definitely be exciting. I also understand why the initial shocks were more “fair” in the context of a one -year competition. But it will never be happy everyone and it is a difficult problem to solve. This seems like a small step in the right direction, though coincidence feels like it has returned to 11. I would expect further changes in the coming years; If we can change places and continue to become creative, there is no reason that the FedEx Cup final cannot get a little more liquid.

You can read the issuance of competition here.

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