The world No. 1 won six times on the PGA Tour this year but is destined for just a two-shot lead in the strange format of the season finale, which he calls “silly.”
The final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship was far more interesting than first anticipated, with Hideki Matsuyama coughing up a big lead on the back nine, Viktor Hovland contending for the first time in months, Nick Dunlap fighting his way into the signature events ... and Xander Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler lurking.
“I talked about it the last few years. I think it's silly,” Scheffler said. “You can't call it a seasonlong race and have it come down to one tournament.
“Right now, I don't know exactly how the ratings are or anything like that, but I know for a fact you can't really quite call it the seasonlong race when it comes down to one stroke-play tournament on the same golf course each year.” There are typically all kinds of ways presented to change the system. Have all who qualify for the Tour Championship start at the same score and play for it, with more money front-loaded; return to the previous system of having a tournament winner and a FedEx Cup winner; add up all the strokes through three events while keeping individual tournament titles. There are definitely ways to do it if this isn’t satisfying, none of which appear imminent.
The offseason for Spieth is now and he told the Associated Press after his round that surgery is imminent. It also did not help Spieth that he missed the cut at the Players and the Masters and did not contend at the other three majors. Those players who finish 25 through 48 are in what is called the “drop zone” and need one of LIV’s 13 teams to make a deal with them.
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