Holding the No. 1 seed comes with some perks. After winning two of the first three playoff events, Bryson DeChambeau will start the Tour Championship as the man to beat. But because of the points reset before the season’s final event, each of the 30 participants will have a mathematical chance to win the FedExCup […]
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The top 30 players have made it to East Lake for the Tour Championship and a shot at the FedExCup title. Here are the scenarios for all 30 players to win the season-long points race. 1. Bryson DeChambeau • Wins the Tour Championship, wins the FedExCup • Has a chance to win with a top-six […]
With the PGA Tour arranging early-round groups based on FedExCup standing for the fourth straight event, Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Rose will play together for the first round of the Tour Championship. DeChambeau won both The Northern Trust and Dell Technologies Championship, and as a result he’ll begin at East Lake as the No. 1 […]
Major championships are too important to contrive. There’s more to creating major-championship tradition than jacking up the purse, renovating a course and draping the winner in her country’s flag after it came flapping from the heavens under a skydiver’s parachute. It takes Sundays like the one Angela Stanford delivered at Evian this past week. It […]
Former Iowa State golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena was found dead Monday after police said she was fatally assaulted at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames, Iowa. She was 22. Police said that 22-year-old Collin Daniel Richards has been charged with first-degree murder. Richards was booked early Tuesday morning in the Story County Jail and held without bond. […]
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 […]
ATLANTA – The PGA Tour unveiled more dramatic changes to the FedExCup and its playoffs on Tuesday, outlining a new model to determine the season-long champion and giving a boost to the circuit’s regular season. Starting next year when the Tour transitions from four post-season events to three, the FedExCup champion will be determined solely […]
Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING Angela Stanford (+9%): In this era of youthful dominance, Justin Rose and now Stanford offer reminders that sometimes the long, winding journey is even more rewarding. It took Rose 20 years to reach world […]