You Realize...
/...this may be the best indictment yet of the FedEx Cup, courtesy of Gary Van Sickle on Twitter:
Not exactly an endorsement from Doug Ferguson either:
This one promises to be meaningful, but at what cost?
There is no guarantee the best player will win the FedEx Cup. Tour officials made sure of that by resetting the points after three playoff events so that all 30 players at East Lake have a mathematical chance. The top five need no help from anyone; they only have to win the Tour Championship to collect the prize.
Yet if the tour had left the system alone, there was a chance of the golf’s Super Bowl having as much interest as a preseason game.
“The whole idea of the playoffs was for us to get into the top five,” Woods said. “And now, it’s basically a sprint. It’s one tournament, a sprint, assuming one of the top five guys wins the tournament.”
The FedEx Cup pays out $10 million to the winner. The value of the trophy will depend on the name inscribed on it.
