Thoughts on the Tour Championship

Thoughts on the Tour Championship

Author: Golf Swing Productions by Mark Crossfield Greg Chalmers and Lou Stagner September 9, 2024 Duration: 25:42

WIthin the past couple weeks, Scottie Scheffler capped an amazing season on the PGA Tour by winning the Tour Championship and with it, the Fedex Cup and its giant pool of bonus money. In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg discuss how the Tour structures its season-ending playoff, with the pros and cons of determining a season-long champion using a playoff. Can significance for an event be created simply with money? Is there another format that might work better? And what are Greg's chances of the winning the Stanley Cup?


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