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Changes Made to Final Month of FedEx Cup

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Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

They are cutting the field each week throughout the playoff stretch, and it was a great choice by Tim Finchem and the boys.

The top 144 will still get into the first playoff tournament, but the field will be cut to 120 for the next event, 70 for the second-to-last event (BMW Championship I believe), and 30 for The Tour Championship.

I'd like to see the field cut down a little more after the first event, but I'll take this change and enjoy it nonetheless. It would have been crap to have all 144 players in all playoff events. That wasn't a playoff mode anyway.

Anyway, what do you think of the new changes?
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I think this is a good touch. It turns this into an actual play off ...sort of a match play with a stroke play format. Lose and you don't advance.

Now, if more sponsors follow the example set by Callaway and cut the contract payoffs for guys who simply choose not to show as they did to Phil last week, we should be seeing some hungry competition.

Bury me with a golf glove in my pocket - just in case!

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Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

So if Phil or Tiger skip the first week or any of the other weeks, are they allowed to continue? Is it just the top 120 and 70 (and 30) in year-long (albeit adjusted) points?

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So if Phil or Tiger skip the first week or any of the other weeks, are they allowed to continue? Is it just the top 120 and 70 (and 30) in year-long (albeit adjusted) points?

That's a great question.

The impression I got was the top 120 finishers in the first event would advance to The Deutsche Bank Championship. Then the top 70 there would move onto the BMW Championship. I believe if guys were to skip the first event, they would be eliminated. That's a good question though because I'm not sure it put the actual answer in the article.
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I thought it was a points system and the guys with the most points advanced, it that is correct you could skip one and advance if you have enough points right?

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So if Phil or Tiger skip the first week or any of the other weeks, are they allowed to continue? Is it just the top 120 and 70 (and 30) in year-long (albeit adjusted) points?

And what if a guy withdrawls, does the player in 121st place allowed entry?

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Baynative Well Established Member

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I think Cody's take makes sense. In points accumulation a player can take their chances on where to play, but once those four playoff tournaments begin - it's no show, no go.

In the TPC they currently invite the top 30 andif one of them can't make it they don't fill the field. I'd expect the same with FedEx.

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