by Rory McILroy supports the change in format that will see the 30 players who will end as equals while they are fighting for the Fedex Cup in the PGA Tour Tour championship from Thursday.
A check for 10 million dollars winner will be offered at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta for the apogee of the series of end -of -season playoffs, with Scottie Scheffler Global starting as the man to beat.
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But unlike the previous seasons, Scheffler will even start with the rest of the field following the decision to delete the controversial format of “starting blows”.
Last year, Scheffler started the Tour championship with a two -stroke advantage to reflect his domination of the Fedex ranking season.
This system was eliminated for the 2025 tournament, but according to fans comments, with officials of the tour indicating in May that a conventional troop conventional tournament offered the “simplest and most engaging format”.
The McILroy masters champion said on Tuesday that he supported the movement of change formats.
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“He has a different feeling,” said Mcilroy. “One of the 30 has a chance to win the Fedexcup this year, which is obviously very different from what was in previous years.
“It is a clean slate for everyone, and it is an excellent opportunity for one of the guys who may not have been a large part of the season to raise his hand and have the chance to win the Grand Prix at the end of the year.
“It is also an excellent opportunity for some of the guys who had good years to stamp the season a little and end on a really, really positive note. I think there is still a lot to play for this week.”
McILroy said he had been in a minority that “does not hate” the starting format.
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“I thought the player who played the best during the season should have had an advantage to come here,” he said.
“But the majority of people just didn’t like the starting blows.”
McILroy, who sat on the advisory council of PGA Tour (CAP) players who had helped implement the format changes, said that the transition to a match game format had been taken into account but thrown into account.
“The match match was on the table, and it was preserved for this year,” said McILroy.
“I think it is just difficult for players to reconcile that we play a stroke for each week of the year, but the end -of -season tournament will be decided by the match match.”
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The Ryder Cup teammate of McILroy, Tommy Fleetwood in England, also approves the format switch.
“It’s probably more exciting for players to come here, everyone on a field, knowing that it is an incredible opportunity to spend an excellent week, win the tournament and leave incredibly happy,” said Fleetwood.
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