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Old 06-29-2025, 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 View Post
The change was made last month and has been in the works for 2 years. Officially it's been attributed to the the PGA Tour's "FanForward" initiative, but it's really result of sponsor and player criticism ... it was a dumb format.

PGA TOUR announces enhancements to TOUR Championship format and FedExCup race
In addition, they interviewed Scheffler, McIlroy, Schauffle, Morikawa and other top players who would usually benefit from the staggered starting scores and they all were in favor of the change. But I don't think they can lead in to the TV coverage tagline of "part of the season long race for the FedEx Cup anymore, just the season long race to the top 30
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