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PGA Tour announces new postseason match play format
The updated structure reduces qualification spots and introduces group play followed by single elimination across two cities.
The short version
- PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp announced a revised postseason format featuring seven days of match play spanning two weeks and two cities.
- The top 90 players from the regular season advance to the BMW Championship, where the top point scorer earns the season-long title.
- The top 32 players from the BMW Championship advance to a two-week Tour Championship featuring group play followed by single-elimination match play.
Key facts
- Under the new format, the 90 leading players advance to the BMW Championship, and the top player at the end of that tournament is named the season champion.[Associated Press]
- The top 32 players advance to the Tour Championship, which begins with eight four-player groups before moving to a single-elimination stage.[Associated Press]
- Rory McIlroy is currently the only golfer to have won the FedEx Cup three times.[Associated Press]
What remains uncertain
- It remains unverified how sports fans and players will react to the format changes once implemented.[Associated Press]