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It’s finally time to crown the FedEx Cup champion for the 2025 PGA Tour with the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
The 70-man playoff field has been cut all the way down to 30, and everyone is playing for the FedEx Cup and a $10 million prize at one of the Tour’s longtime staple courses.
What to Know About 2025 Tour Championship
Schedule
Thursday, Aug. 21 – Sunday, Aug. 24
TV Coverage
First round: ESPN+ (11:15 a.m. ET), Golf Channel (1 p.m. ET)
Second round: ESPN+ (11:15 a.m. ET), Golf Channel (1 p.m. ET)
Third round: ESPN+ (noon ET), Golf Channel (1-2:30 p.m. ET), NBC (2:30 p.m. ET)
Final round: ESPN+ (11 a.m. ET), Golf Channel (noon-1:30 p.m. ET), NBC (1:30 p.m. ET)
Course
East Lake Golf Club (Atlanta)
Once again (and for now, at least), East Lake Golf Club hosts the final tournament of the PGA Tour season, as it has for the last 20 years. Players got their first taste of the Andrew Greene renovation last season where new green complexes played more like trampolines than putting surfaces.
“Yeah, I think we’re going to have a chance to maybe fire at a few more pins or to hold some greens,” Rory McIlroy said after the 2024 tournament in anticipation for this year. ” … Yeah, the golf course is just a little young this year, but in a year’s time, I think it’ll have bedded in, and it’ll play a little better.”
Format
Unlike recent years, the PGA Tour is going back to 72-hole stroke play without starting strokes. As recently as last year, the leader coming into the week would start at 10-under, second place at 9-under and down the board until even par. This year, however, everyone starts at even par, and the player who has the best score at the end of the weekend is the FedEx Cup champion, whether he’s ranked No. 30 or No. 1 coming into the week.
Scheffler, McIlroy Set Up for Tour Championship Duel
Odds
Here are the last-minute betting favorites, per DraftKings Sportsbook.
Scottie Scheffler +150
Rory McIlroy +850
Tommy Fleetwood +1400
Ludvig Aberg +1800
Russell Henley +2000
Justin Thomas +2500
J.J. Spaun +2500
Patrick Cantlay +2500
Must-see pairings, tee times
Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland (noon ET): Morikawa is probably safe to earn a Ryder Cup spot, but he’s had a bad year despite reaching East Lake. A solid showing would ease concerns. If both he and Hovland play well, this might be the second-best pairing, and it could even be a potential Ryder Cup singles preview.
Andrew Novak, Keegan Bradley (12:38 p.m. ET): Novak, per DraftKings odds earlier in the week, was a 15-1 long shot to make the Ryder Cup despite a career year. Getting some face time with the captain could potentially help in a last-ditch effort to show Bradley what he can do. Bradley has his own game to worry about. After winning the Travelers, his play has cooled, and he should think long and hard about making himself a playing captain.
Tommy Fleetwood, Ben Griffin (1:38 p.m. ET): If nothing else, it would be funny if Fleetwood’s first PGA Tour win earns him the FedEx Cup in a 30-man field. Griffin, meanwhile, is coming off his creatine overdose and getting arguably his biggest taste of the spotlight ahead of the Ryder Cup.
Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy (2 p.m. ET): With apologies to Joaquin Niemann, these are the two best players in the world. Scheffler got the best of McIlroy last week in a similar setting, and this could just be the middle game of a three-game set that ends Sunday morning at Bethpage Black.
Mike Cole Mike Cole covers golf as well as the Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans for Heavy.com. He previously worked at NESN where he covered Boston sports (and much more) for 15 years. More about Mike Cole
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