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Originally Posted by DARFAP
The FedEx Cup playoffs are not a start from scratch event. If these guys played well enough during the season to accumulate a point total that allows them to skip the first/second round, they earned it. McIlroy is the Masters winner. Scheffler won the PGA and “British.” Go figure. Other players need to play better during the season. They did fix the seeding for the final from previous years where the top seeds started at various X shots under (Scheffler started at something like 10 under last year). Now the top 30 will be on equal footing.
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I understand, but the FedEx Cup officials are not happy that McIlroy is skipping this week's tournament, and I suspect that the rules will be changed so it doesn't happen next year. They don't want the top contenders skipping the playoff tournaments.