P.J.
Active member
The playoff system has had a lot of changes and it almost feels like the early years were more of a beta test with the current being what they are running with at least for now. But this stat sure makes you question the entire thing, right?
Koepka won two of the four majors this year.
He could win the Tour Championship as well and still not win the FedEx Cup. Now granted he missed time so that is an extreme case.
How about this one. I believe (my math could be off) Tony Finau could finish 2nd and win the FedEx Cup with zero wins this year.
My solution is making a 4 event match play where the Tour Championship is 1 on 1 and winner take all.
Although it can leave a bad taste if someone less 'deserving' wins, keep in mind this is the playoffs. It's no different than the NFL, NBA, MLB, etc. If a wild card team wins the Super Bowl with a 9-7 record it goes to show they certainly weren't the dominant team during the regular season but they caught fire in the games that matter. I liken these 4 weeks to that and the format makes total sense. This under par start for the #1 seed is an awful idea though...