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Points system unveiled for new Tour schedule
FedEx Cup has been compared to NASCAR's 'Chase for the Championship'

AP 2006

The PGA Tour rolled out the points structure Wednesday for its new season long FedEx Cup competition, a chase for $10 million that will emphasize the last four tournaments of the year no matter what Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson or anyone else has done in the majors. The FedEx Cup starts next year and is designed to give golf its own version of a playoff system.

This looks more like a free-for-all over the final month of the season.
Points will be earned from the season-opening Mercedes Championships in January through the Carolina Classic at Greensboro, and the top 144 players will be eligible for the playoffs - the Barclays Classic, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship and the Tour Championship at East Lake.
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said players will be mathematically eliminated after each playoff event, although those players can continue to tee it up in the $7 million events.

"The FedEx Cup and new playoff system on the PGA Tour truly usher in an exciting new era in golf, and establish a new measurement of success on the PGA Tour," Finchem said. The system has been compared with NASCAR's new "Chase for the Championship," in which the title is determined by the final 10 races of the stock-car circuit. The playoffs are designed to give golf a definitive end to its season, when it can crown the FedEx Cup champion. It also should mean that the top players will be competing every week, which is rare on the PGA Tour beyond the majors. But whether the public buys it into remains to be seen. Success in golf has been determined by the four majors for the last 50 years, and that is not likely to change. "It has the top players playing against each other, which is much more exciting product for the fans," Phil Mickelson said.

Mickelson did not play in the Tour Championship last year, and he usually shuts down his schedule after the majors. He is likely to play all the FedEx Cup playoff events next year, as is Woods and the other top players. One thing sure to get few complaints is the money. Along with the $7 million pursue from the final four events, the playoffs have a $35 million bonus pool that pays $10 million to the winner, $3 million to the runner-up, $2 million for third, $1.5 million for fourth and $1 million for fifth place. The rest of the $18 million will be paid out to the 144th spot.