Pros teasing “surprise” changed to controversial tournament format

In the NFL regular season, you may not change the rules of the Super Bowl. You won’t adjust the World Series in the All-Star Game. However, the PGA Tour still feels that it isn’t finished with its large, season-end tour champion’s recipes – so it plans to adjust the format. These changes may occur in the next few weeks. They may be effective as soon as possible this season.

On the one hand, this seems like a crazy move considering the bet. The FedEx Cup awarded its winners $25 million, a total of $100 million. On the other hand, this makes sense in the world – if you are going to come up with such a big award, you want to make sure you do it right.

Current format

The current Tour Championship format occupies the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup and suspends their starts based on previously accrued points. The leader started the final 72-hole tournament with a par 10 hit rate, two leads from his recent rival. The rest of the field gradually spreads to a uniform situation.

But that’s not always the case. The current format of the staggered launch is only effective in 2019, with the goal of winning a single title, not a tour champion, and another FedEx Cup champion that was crowned at the same time. (You might remember Tiger Woods won the Tour in 2018; you might not remember Justin Rose winning the FedEx Cup next to him.)

Many people are cheating on the format, including last year’s winner Scottie Scheffler, who repeatedly called it “stupid.”

What about now?

New format clues

The short answer is we don’t know – but we have some clues. We first had a potential change early in the 2025 season, with PGA Tour leadership confirming that they are looking at Tour Championship reforms as part of several plans to improve the product.

But if there is a simple, perfect answer that satisfies players, fans and TV partners, they may have arrived. Therefore, the ongoing discussion.

“I think we’re thinking about several different formats right now. Some are ’em Good, some are terrible. I’m not really going to go into the details of these formats because we’re still ironing them,” said in Orlando last month.

Adam Schupak golf Talked with Adam Scott and gathered opinions from several player leaders. Scott talked in particular about the importance of remaking the format and enhancing the cup. This is more than any geopolitical or touring drama, which inspired him to participate in governance in the first place.

“I think it needs improvement. That’s my business,” Scott said. “I think I can give a good perspective and help make it easier, easier, and more respectable in all sports.

We know

According to Scott, it is likely to be a start-up, saying he thinks “everyone” wants to abandon the messy staggered startup format.

However, the game game is probably the brightest potential in the format and it seems unlikely to join.

“It’s hard to get your head wrapped around you all season and then your last game is a completely different format,” Scott said.

It seems they have reached a consensus. Sam Burns told Shupak that the Players Advisory Committee met at the RCMP legacy last week and reached the preferred format. Now, attract other stakeholders – broadcasters NBC and CBS, as well as sponsors such as FedEx, Coca-Cola and Southern.

Kevin Kisner wore multiple hats as a Tour professional and NBC analyst, who mocked a potential format for TV approval, where they lowered the venue to 16, then cut it into eight, then cut it to four, and then rose to drama. But this seems unlikely to be the final answer.

“I think it’s going to be a more traditional game and the outcome will be more consequential,” Kisner told Schubak. “I don’t want to spoil too many surprises.”

“It will be a better game for the players, and it will be a better game for the sponsors,” Burns said.

Change is coming soon. The players seemed very excited. The new format may be subject to some doubt. But one thing will measure its success: whether there is an immediate push to change it again.

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