The top 30 players in the FedExCup standings are back at East Lake for the Tour Championship. Here’s the key info for the 48th and final official event of the 2017-2018 PGA Tour season. Golf course: East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga., was opened in 1908 and designed by Tom Bendelow. East Lake was redesigned by […]
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ATLANTA – Tuesday’s housekeeping tidied up two problems, but left the potential for more messes. After 11 years of equal parts trial and error, the PGA Tour unveiled what is essentially the final piece of a complicated and far-reaching overhaul of the FedExCup on Tuesday at East Lake, a sweeping change that will dramatically alter […]
The PGA Tour huddled for 3 ½ years, consulted with the geniuses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and ran countless simulations for its strokes-based system. And it still got it wrong. In a move that surely will alienate many of its hardcore fans, the Tour on Tuesday unveiled its new format for the Tour […]
ATLANTA – Lost in Tuesday’s announcement that the PGA Tour will dramatically overhaul how the FedExCup champion will be crowned was exactly what this means for the Tour Championship. The top 30 on the playoff points list will continue to advance to the finale at East Lake with the field handicapped based on their position […]
Premiering Monday, Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, Film Details How Ballesteros, Faldo, Langer, Lyle & Woosnam Helped Establish Competitive Spirit Synonymous with Modern-Day Ryder Cup “Seve came in [the team room] and said ‘We must celebrate, we must celebrate! This is a victory for us, we can do this!’” – Nick […]
ATLANTA – For the first time in his career Jordan Spieth failed to qualify for this week’s Tour Championship, an unexpected turn that also found him on the wrong side of a new PGA Tour regulation. Under the circuit’s strength-of-field requirement, which began last season, a player must add an event to their schedule that […]
The 32nd Tour Championship begins Thursday at East Lake GC. Here’s a key statistical look at the 30 players in the field. FedExCup Rank Player Previous appearances Skinny 1 Bryson DeChambeau 0 DeChambeau has made 66 birdies during his remarkable run through the PGA Tour playoffs; five more than anyone else. Has also led the […]
The PGA Tour announced on Tuesday plans to change the FedExCup format for the 2018-19 season. Part of that plan is to assign pre-tournament strokes to players in the Tour Championship based on their playoff standings in the first two events. Per GolfChannel.com senior writer Rex Hoggard: The No. 1 player on the post-season points […]
Angela Stanford’s eyes welled with tears when her flight touched down at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in her return from winning the Evian Championship. When she lands from the south, as she did Monday, she always looks for the towering grain elevators in her Saginaw hometown. She also always looks for downtown Fort Worth’s skyline. […]
ATLANTA – This has been a season of firsts for Tony Finau. He played his first Masters – after severely injuring his ankle, no less – and all four of the World Golf Championship events for the first time. He also made his first Ryder Cup team. On Tuesday at East Lake there was another […]