Tour Championship – What Is This Really?

There is relevant golf today and it’s called the Solheim Cup. The Tour Championship and FEDEX Championships conclude on the PGA Tour this week, but do you honestly care?

I don’t. I haven’t really followed what the PGA Tour has had going on since the PGA Championship concluded. Unless you’re a Ryder Cup or a Presidents Cup, you’re not going to suck me in once the calendar heads toward fall.

It boggles my mind that a man will earn $10 million today. It boggles my mind even more that the man who earns that check may not actually win the event. I learned from a quick read this morning that Webb Simpson could earn the check even if Hunter Mahan or Aaron Baddeley wins the final event of a series.

Say what? How does that work? That’s not how most playoffs work.

I love the game of golf. I love the Tour whether Tiger is dominating or Keegan Bradley is winning majors. So often, the game and its governing bodies just get it right. A few years into this FedEX Cup series though and I still fail to see what this whole thing is actually achieving.