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The 19th Hole Golf Show: When to end the FedEx Cup and improving the Web.com...
The FedEx Cup playoffs resume this week with the first of the final two events at the BMW Championship. But should the playoffs, and season, end sooner? We discuss. Also, we make the case for the...
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The perks of getting in the FedEx Cup top 30 & Tour Championship
With the final round of the BMW Championship unfolding on Monday, the 70-player field at Conway Farms will be reduced to 30 for next week's playoff finale at the Tour Championship in Atlanta. There's a...
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2015 FedEx Cup: Scenarios to win the FedEx Cup
All 30 players that qualified for the Tour Championship, the 2015 FedEx Cup finale, have a mathematical chance of winning the FedEx Cup and its $10 million first-place prize. Naturally, however, some...
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The 19th Hole Golf Show: Solheim Cup kerfuffle and Jason Day as Player of the...
We dig into the Solheim Cup and the controversy surrounding the conceded putt that wasn't, Suzann Pettersen's reaction and apology, and whether or not it overshadows a great overall match. We also...
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Rory McIlroy: $10 million FedEx Cup prize doesn’t mean much
Rory McIlroy has plenty of money, but he doesn't have a FedEx Cup title to his name. So, when asked Wednesday about the hole that could be filled by the season-long points race this week at the Tour...
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Why Louis Oosthuizen WD at Tour Championship screws Harris English
Harris English didn't have much chance of winning the FedEx Cup, even if he did manage to win the Tour Championship. Coming into the playoff finale, English was ranked 30th out of 30 players who...
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Jordan Spieth wins 2015 Tour Championship, FedEx Cup
Jordan Spieth had the best season on the PGA Tour, so it's fitting that he is its season-long champion. The 22-year-old won the 2014-15 FedEx Cup on Sunday on the back of a four-shot victory at the...
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What’s in the bag: Jordan Spieth at the 2015 Tour Championship
Jordan Spieth picked up his fifth PGA Tour win of the 2014-15 season on Sunday, winning the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club and, in the process, the 2014-15 FedEx Cup. Spieth has...
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How much money did Jordan Spieth make on the 2014-15 PGA Tour?
Jordan Spieth earned over $22 million during the 2014-15 PGA Tour season, which wrapped up with the 22-year-old winning the Tour Championship and the season-long FedEx Cup. Even before Spieth won the...
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Do FedEx Cup winners pay some of the $10 million prize to their caddies?
Dating back to 2007, a PGA Tour player has ended the Tour Championship (and, since 2013, the season) by winning the FedEx Cup and its $10 million first-place prize from the $35 million total bonus...
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How the FedEx Cup playoffs work
The FedEx Cup playoffs have been around as a concept since 2007, and the format and points system have been the same since 2009. (Can you remember how awful it was in 2008?!) However, since most PGA...
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European Ryder Cup team could wait out FedEx Cup for future wild-card picks
The U.S. Ryder Cup team now staggers its wild-card picks until the end of the FedEx Cup. We can thank Billy Horschel for the show of patience, as in 2014 he won the final two FedEx Cup playoff events...
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Henrik Stenson to skip BMW Championship to rest right knee injury
Henrik Stenson withdrew from The Barclays, the FedEx Cup playoff opener, after a first-round 74 and said he would be ready to play at the Deutsche Bank Championship after a MRI. He indeed is playing...
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Jason Day withdraws from Tour Championship with back injury
Jason Day has withdrawn from the PGA Tour season-ending and playoff-ending Tour Championship with a back injury, meaning the world No. 1 will not be able to win the FedEx Cup. Day withdrew after seven...
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PGA Tour changes FedEx Cup points distribution for 2016-17 season
The way the PGA Tour distributes FedEx Cup points is changing for the 2016-17 season. The Associated Press reported on the change, which is meant to change the distribution of points to more closely...
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How would new PGA Tour FedEx Cup points distribution affect playoff qualifiers?
In case you haven't heard (and you probably haven't since this is rather wonky), the PGA Tour has changed how it doles out FedEx Cup points during each event of the regular season. They made this...
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How a PGA Tour player’s FedEx Cup finish affects their tour card status
How a PGA Tour finishes in the regular season FedEx Cup standing has a huge effect on their tour card and their playing status for the next season. This is particularly true since the PGA Tour has...
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How to fix the FedEx Cup playoffs, 2017 edition
This is the 11th season for the FedEx Cup concept, and in pretty much every one of those years, at least one person (sometimes me) has done a thinkpiece about how they could make the FedEx Cup a...
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What is the FedEx Cup playoff format at the Tour Championship?
There's a chance that there will be a tie in the final FedEx Cup standings at the conclusion of the Tour Championship at East Lake, and it would mean there would need to be an extra playoff for the...
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WGC-Bridgestone could leave Firestone CC after 2018, with Memphis getting WGC...
The World Golf Championships event at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, could be ending after 2018, ending a 65-year run with the PGA Tour in the Cleveland suburb. Crain's Cleveland Business...
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