Owings Mills, MD -Tour Tour Championship has the wealthiest particular person award fund in golf on the PGA Tour and counts FedEx Cup payoffs as official cash for the primary time. The pockets totals $40 million, with the winner being $10 million.
For the reason that FedEx Cup started in 2007, the bonus pool on the finish of the Tour Championship has been unofficial cash, a few of which have been postponed.
When the postseason was diminished from 4 tournaments to 3 tournaments in 2019 and the FedEx Cup bonus pool elevated, the prize cash was eradicated within the Tour Championship.
Introduction to “Beginning Strokes” that 12 months – No. 1 seed started with a ten beneath par, and anybody who gained the finale in East Lake gained the FedEx Cup and gained the PGA Tour title, successful the Tour Championship.
This 12 months’s change will eradicate the beginning stroke and all the highest 30 gamers reaching the Tour Championship will begin from scratch, like in a daily event.
A spokesman for the PGA Tour confirmed Wednesday night that the $40 million bonus pool can be official cash in East Lake.
One other change noticed the $25 million win within the FedEx Cup. Scottie Scheffler obtained $10 million for main the FedEx Cup within the common season and can win $5 million to be the primary seed after this week’s BMW Championship. It is nonetheless a part of the bonus pool and never official cash.
Nevertheless, as gamers with the bottom rating gained the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup, the $40 million set for the highest 30 gamers is official, with the winner being $10 million.
Schaeffler leads cash lists at $20,362,883. Masters champion Rory McIlroy ($16,156,418) and US Open Champion JJ Spawn ($12,302,222) have a mathematical likelihood to topped Schaeffler in the event that they win in East Lake.
Eastlake’s runner-up has $5 million in official funding, with third place at $3,705,000. The ultimate location is $355,000.
Eastlake final had an official pockets in 2018 for $9 million, with Tiger Woods successful $1.62 million. Justin Rose gained the FedEx Cup with out successful the postseason occasion, successful a $10 million bonus.
Patrick Cantray was amongst a number of gamers who preferred to vary away from the beginning of the stroke, however he stated successful the Tour Championship was nonetheless worthy of being a FedEx Cup champion, even when the participant is in thirtieth place.
“At this level, those that performed and performed for a 12 months and performed with the 30 greatest guys who did their greatest all 12 months spherical – and also you beat all the pieces on the road that week, that is an enormous accomplishment,” he stated.
