This weekend’s TOUR Championship marks the fruits of the 2023-2024 PGA Tour season, and can see the highest 30 golfers within the FedEx Cup standings play for the prospect to be topped the FedExCup champion and obtain an eye-watering $36.90 million ($25 million US).
It’s set to be the the richest golf match ever performed, with a prize pool of $147.5 million ($100 million US) on provide.
The TOUR Championship has a a lot totally different format to the same old tournaments in that it’s a staggered scoring begin based mostly on the FedEx Cup standings of that season.
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For the third straight yr, world primary Scottie Scheffler will start the TOUR Championship with a two-shot lead on the second-placed Xander Schauffele.
A TOUR Championship has up to now eluded Scheffler, who this yr broke the file for prizemoney received in a single season and has received nearly each match.
Beneath is an explainer of the distinctive format of the TOUR Championship, how scoring works, tee instances and a breakdown of the eye-watering prizemoney on provide.
WHAT IS THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP?
The TOUR Championship is the ultimate match of the three-tournament FedEx Cup playoffs.
Golfers accrue FedEx Cup factors all through the course of the PGA Tour season which culminates with the FedEx Cup playoffs.
The highest 70 gamers within the FedEx Cup standings are eligible for the playoff’s first match, the St. Jude Championship.
The highest 50 within the FedEx Cup standings following the St. Jude contest the BMW Championship, which then decides the ultimate 30 to sort out the TOUR Championship per week later.
Each the St. Jude and BMW are price 4 instances the quantity of FedEx Cup factors than common occasions on tour throughout the season.
The staggered scoring format on the TOUR Championship awards these on the high of the standings for his or her constant play over the course of the season.
THE FIELD
Scheffler led the FedEx Cup standings in 2022 and 2023 getting into the TOUR Championship, beginning with a two shot buffer, however was chased down each years.
He’ll begin at -10 for being atop the standings whereas the second-placed Schauffele is 2 photographs again on -8.
St. Jude winner Hideki Matsuyama will start at -7 and final week’s BMW victor Keegan Bradley to begin in fourth place on -6.
Adam Scott, contemporary off his T-2 in final week’s BMW Championship, had catapulted himself to 14th on the FedEx standings.
He’s the only real Aussie within the area and can begin at -3.
Scottie Scheffler -10
Xander Schauffele -8
Hideki Matsuyama, -7
Keegan Bradley, -6
Ludvig Åberg, -5
Rory McIlroy, -4
Collin Morikawa, -4
Wyndham Clark, -4
Sam Burns, -4
Patrick Cantlay, -4
Sungjae Im, -3
Sahith Theegala, -3
Shane Lowry, -3
Adam Scott, -3
Tony Finau, -3
Byeong Hun An, -2
Viktor Hovland, -2
Russell Henley, -2
Akshay Bhatia, -2
Robert MacIntyre, -2
Billy Horschel, -1
Tommy Fleetwood, -1
Sepp Straka, -1
Matthieu Pavon, -1
Taylor Pendrith, -1
Chris Kirk, E
Tom Hoge, E
Aaron Rai, E
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, E
Justin Thomas, E
PRIZEMONEY
The whole prizemoney pool for the TOUR Championship is $147.5 million ($100 million USD). The winner will pocket a cool $36.9 million ($25 million USD).
End final, and also you’ll nonetheless win a shade over $800k (AUD) whereas two thirds of the sphere (high 20) will stroll away with at the least $1 million (AUD).
The prizemoney pool is up US $7 million from final yr’s TOUR Championship and it’s set to be the richest golf match of all time.
Prizemoney breakdown in US {dollars} (AUD in brackets)
1 – $25 million ($36.90 million)
2 – $12.5 million ($18.45 million)
3 – $7.5 million ($11.06 million)
4 – $6 million ($8.85 million)
5 – $5 million ($7.38 million)
6 – $3.5 million ($5.16 million)
7 – $2.75 million ($4.06 million)
8 – $2.25 million ($3.32 million)
9 – $2 million ($2.95 million)
10 – $1.75 million ($2.58 million)
11 – $1.075 million ($1.59 million)
12 – $1.025 million ($1.51 million)
13 – $975,000 ($1.44 million)
14 – $925,000 ($1.36 million)
15 – $885,000 ($1.30 million)
16 – $795,000 ($1.17 million)
17 – $775,000 ($1.14 million)
18 – $755,000 ($1.11 million)
19 – $735,000 ($1.08 million)
20 – $715,000 ($1.05 million)
21 – $670,000 ($989,000)
22 – $650,000 ($959,182)
23 – $630,000 ($929,669)
24 – $615,000 ($907,534)
25 – $600,000 ($885,399)
26 – $590,000 ($870,642)
27 – $580,000 ($855,886)
28 – $570,000 ($841,129)
29 – $560,000 ($826,372)
30 – $550,000 ($811,616)
TEE TIMES (all AEST)
The primary of 15 pairings will tee off on Friday morning at simply after 1am AEST, with the ultimate pairing of Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele.
As you’ll discover, tee instances/groupings for Spherical 1 are based mostly on the place within the FedEx Cup standings.
1:16 a.m. — Christiaan Bezuitenhout, Justin Thomas
1:27 a.m. — Tom Hoge, Aaron Rai
1:38 a.m. — Taylor Pendrith, Chris Kirk
1:49 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Matthieu Pavon
2:00 a.m. — Billy Horschel, Tommy Fleetwood
2:16 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Robert MacIntyre
2:27 a.m. — Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley
2:38 a.m. — Tony Finau, Ben An
2:49 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Adam Scott
3:00 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Sahith Theegala
3:16 a.m. — Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay
3:27 a.m. — Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark
3:38 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Rory McIlroy
3:49 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Keegan Bradley
4:00 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele
ODDS
$2.10 – Scottie Scheffler
$3.30 – Xander Schauffele
$13 – Hideki Matsuyama
$17 – Rory McIlroy
$19 – Ludvig Aberg
$26 – Collin Morikawa
$36 – Keegan Bradley
$36 – Patrick Cantlay
$41 – Sam Burns
$41 – Wyndham Clark
$67 – Victor Hovland
$81 – Adam Scott
$81 – Tony Finau
$91+ – Others
WHEN/WHERE IS IT?
The 30 golfers will tee off on Friday morning (AEST) at East Lake Golf Membership in Atlanta, Georgia, the place it’s been held since 2004.
PAST WINNERS
It’s price noting that since 2019, the match adopted the staggered scoring format in order that the winner of the TOUR Championship could be topped the FedEx Cup champ as effectively.
Rory McIlroy (3), Tiger Woods (3) and Phil Mickelson (2) are the one a number of winners of the occasion.
2023 – Victor Hovland
2022 – Rory McIlroy
2021 – Patrick Cantlay
2020 – Dustin Johnson
2019 – Rory McIlroy
2018 – Tiger Woods
2017 – Xander Schauffele
2016 – Rory McIlroy
2015 – Jordan Speith
2014 – Billy Horschel
2013 – Henrik Stenson
2012 – Brandt Sneadeker
2011 – Invoice Haas