The PGA Tour’s main season for 2025 is done! It’s time for the first playoff of the season. The $20 million tournament will host 70 of the highest-ranked golfers on the FedEx Cup standings. They will battle each other at TPC Southwind for a huge paycheck and nothing more. The new rules for the TOUR Championship ensure that the result of the first playoff has no effect on the third leg of the three-event series. And hence, despite hosting a 70-player field, only 69 of the best on the PGA Tour will be in Memphis this week. Despite facing a lot of heat, Rory McIlroy has decided to skip the 2025 FedEx St Jude Championship , deeming it irrelevant to his schedule.

Jay Monahan’s announcement of the TOUR Championship’s rule change must have been music to the Irishman’s ears. Determined to l

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