Starting strokes removed at Tour Championship

The PGA Tour has scrapped starting strokes astatine nan season-ending Tour Championship.

Since 2019 nan format allowed nan subordinate pinch nan astir FedExCup points to commencement nan tourney connected 10 nether par.

But successful a alteration for this year's event, each 30 players will tee disconnected astatine East Lake Golf Club successful Atlanta connected level par.

The FedExCup is simply a season-long points title which culminates pinch nan play-offs - 3 tournaments that extremity pinch nan Tour Championship.

It provides players pinch a ranking, which nether nan erstwhile format would mean they started nan last arena pinch a scoring advantage, depending connected their position.

The subordinate successful 2nd would commencement connected 8 under, 3rd connected 7 under, 4th connected six nether and 5th connected 5 under.

The remaining 25 players would beryllium divided into groups of 5 and fixed their starting people based disconnected their rank.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said successful a statement:, external "The Player Advisory Council led a thorough process to respond to what our fans are asking for: nan astir competitory play successful nan world, played for nan highest stakes, successful nan astir straightforward and engaging format."

Other changes see a caller people set-up "to promote much risk/reward moments", and nan PGA Tour said it was "studying nan qualification system" for nan future.

Scottie Scheffler won nan Tour Championship past year, finishing 4 shots up of Colin Morikawa successful second.

American Scheffler called nan FedEx Cup's play-off format "silly" past year.

The world number 1 said successful a connection connected nan changes: "Shifting nan Tour Championship to a much straight-up format pinch a tougher people set-up makes it easier for fans to travel and provides a much challenging trial for players, which brings retired nan champion competition."