It is finally over.
It was announced on Tuesday that the PGA Tour Championship in East Lake will begin with each player even torque. The initial blows are a thing of the past.
From the PGA tour:
As part of his onnsking commitment to acceleration innovation in the name of fans, the PGA Tour announced updates of its tour championship format. From this year, the initial blows will be eliminated from the Landing Tour championship of the season, since the best players of the tour compete for the opportunity to win the final prize of PGA Tour, the Fedexcup.
Finally, the PGA Tour announced three specific changes in the Tour championship.
Elimination of the initial blows – The Tour championship will be played as a 72 -hole’s stroke of stroke, and all players begin the tournament even in pair. The best artist in the course of four rounds in the Tour championship will win the Fedexcup.
Settings to the course settings – In response to the data that indicate to fans because to see the winning scores closer to the torque, the PGA Tour Rules Committee will adjust its configuration approach to promote more moments of risk/reward through each round, Furtime the drama and competition.
The most difficult tournament to qualify for – Already the most elite field in golf, the size of the Tour championship field remains in 30 players in 2025. The players advisory council is studying the qualification system of the future years to raise bets throughout the Fedexcup season.
The second and third point here are obviously significant, but they have much less impact in relation to the past than the starting blows. While making sense to reward players for their success throughout the season in spirit, the reality is that the initial blows really make a point of competitiveness in the event. It makes more sense to do it as a traditional tournament.
Scottie Scheffler talked about the changes:
“We want the Tour championship to be the most difficult tournament to qualify and the Fedexcup trophy is the most difficult to win.”
“Changing the Tour championship to a more direct format with a more difficult course configuration makes it easy for fans to follow and provide a more challenging test for players, which presents the best competition.”
These changes, in particular, the elimination of initial blows as mentioned, certainly help the cause of making this event the most difficult in golf to win becomes more attainable.
Well for players and tour to make this happen.
