FedExCup/Tour Championship- Keep Current Format or Change it?

[MEfree]

Originally Posted by sixonezero

Exactly, this is why I don't mind the current system.  If it were based on regular season/playoff wins the Patriots would be the 2008 Superbowl Champions.  But they're not; they were beaten by the better team that day.  I don't mind that once a year the PGA wants to have their version of the Superbowl.

ok, but who won the PGA`s Superbowl in 2009 when Phil won the TC and Tiger won the FEC?

Originally Posted by Paradox

What if the points were adjusted at the START of the playoffs?  I dunno how it would affect the lower guys but I think it would make the eventual champion a more true champion(not that they already don't deserve the win if they do so under the current format)

They used to do this, but I think the current system is much better by just giving MORE (5x) points for the playoff events compared to regular season events.  If anything, I think they should go the other direction and have no reset (but make the TC worth something like 10 x regular season and 2x the prior playoff events.

[k-troop]

Originally Posted by MEfree

They used to do this, but I think the current system is much better by just giving MORE (5x) points for the playoff events compared to regular season events.  If anything, I think they should go the other direction and have no reset (but make the TC worth something like 10 x regular season and 2x the prior playoff events.

So, under this system, all of the following would be equal per FedEx Points:

--Winning 10 regular PGA Tour events.

--Winning 8.5 majors.

--Winning 2 playoff events.

I guess that makes sense if you up the number of points for majors (say to double or triple a regular PGA Tour event).  Basically, there would be only a few ways a player could lock up the Cup prior to the Tour Championship:

--Win the first 3 playoff events.

--Win 5 regular PGA Tour events, 2 majors, and a playoff event (or something like that)

--Win 15 regular PGA Tour events--then only a handfull of people who already have multiple wins could pass you by winning a playoff event and the TC.

That would actually be pretty fair.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by malincanada

It really isn't THAT complicated.

I agree and think it's fine the way it is.

[August]

I think the current system is fine. Having possibly different FEC and TC champions just shows the system rewards your earlier performances. It could reward earlier performances even more, yet this way it makes TC exiting, otherwise FEC could be over before TC.