Patrick Cantlay, the defending FedEx Cup champion who won last week at the BMW, begins today in second at -8. Cantlay, who is trying to become the first player to win back-to-back Tour Championships and FedEx Cups, is at +350. He’s responsible for 13% of the handle and 9% of the tickets.<\/p>\n
In other golf news, the PGA Tour announced major changes to its operations yesterday. The overhaul comes in response to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league poaching away players with lavish signing bonuses.<\/p>\n
Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan announced Wednesday that 12 tournaments will average purses of $20 million each beginning next season. All fully exempt Tour members will also be guaranteed a $500,000 base salary.<\/p>\n
The Tour’s top-ranked players will be required to play in the 12 events, so long as they qualify. McIlroy, a staunch advocate of the Tour and stern critic of LIV Golf, said the update will better entertain golf fans.<\/p>\n
\nI think if you’re trying to sell a product to TV and to sponsors and to try to get as many eyeballs on professional golf as possible, you need to at least let people know what they’re tuning in for. When I tune into a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game, I expect to see Tom Brady throw a football,” McIlroy said of his support.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
“Sometimes what’s happened on the PGA Tour is we all act independently, and we sort of have our own schedules, and that means that we never really get together all that often,” the four-time major winner added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The PGA Tour Championship wraps up the FedEx Cup Playoffs this weekend in Atlanta at storied East Lake Golf Club. And bettors placing bets in the more than 30 states where such gambling is permitted like Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele, and Rory McIlroy. The Tour Championship concludes the PGA Tour’s regular season and FedEx Cup. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":228201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[82481,82336],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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