Thoughts on golf's championship (FedEx Cup)?

Dinsdale
Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:50:49 +0000
The Game Room

I know how hard it is to get a discussion about golf going around here, but here goes.

The PGA Tour just ended its official season with what is called the FedEx Championship. It used to be that the player who won the most money over the year was deemed the best. But now they have a system where players get points for their high finishes throughout the season - with big tourneys giving more points than others.

At the end of the season, their is a series of 3 tourneys over 3 weeks. The top 90 point-getters are invited to the first tourney, the top 70 progress to the 2d tourney, and the top 30 progress to the final. Here is where it gets weird IMO. Whoever wins the final tourney is named the season winner - whether or not they have the most points over the course of the season. So arguably, the player with the 30th highest points could end up being declared the champion. (They just changed things this year from an even worse system.)

I’m not a huge sports fan, and I’m not a fan of the proliferation of “playoffs” in various sorts. But this one seems goofy. Anyone up for a discussion?

I attached a link to an article discussing some of this.

Golf Monthly – 6 Aug 25

The FedEx Cup Playoffs Format Is Still Broken - What Is It Trying To Achieve?

Despite changes to the format this year, I still believe that the FedEx Cup Playoffs system needs changing

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