The 2025 PGA Tour season will reach a thrilling conclusion at the TOUR Championship this week.
East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia will host the season-ending event again this year as Scottie Scheffler eyes glory to win his second FedEx Cup.
Scheffler overturned a four-shot deficit to Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre to win the BMW Championship last weekend, with his incredible form this year continuing to shine.
He’ll be confident of securing the FedEx Cup for the second time, but the PGA Tour have got rid of the starting stroke advantage format.
Instead, the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood will be looking to take down the USA superstar and clinch victory.
The TOUR Championship will also give the PGA Tour’s top 30 players the last chance to impress before the 2025 Ryder Cup teams are confirmed next week.
TOUR Championship: Dates and how to follow
This event is being held from Thursday, August 21 to Sunday, August 24.
As ever, the season finale is taking place at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia. The course is a par 70 and a daunting 7,440 yards in length.
The action can be expected to start at 4:20pm UK time on the first two days and final day, with third round starting at 5:10pm.
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TOUR Championship: Field and tee times
The field for this event has been cut by 20 players from the BMW Championship and from 50 down to just 30.
Michael Kim and Rickie Fowler were the unlucky men to just miss out on making it to East Lake.
The field is based on this season’s FedEx Cup standings and the confirmed players list is as follows:
- Scottie Scheffler
- Rory McIlroy
- JJ Spaun
- Justin Rose
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Ben Griffin
- Russell Henley
- Sepp Straka
- Robert MacIntyre
- Maverick McNealy
- Harris English
- Justin Thomas
- Cameron Young
- Ludvig Aberg
- Andrew Novak
- Keegan Bradley
- Sam Burns
- Brian Harman
- Corey Conners
- Patrick Cantlay
- Collin Morikawa
- Viktor Hovland
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Shane Lowry
- Nick Taylor
- Harry Hall
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Sungjae Im
- Chris Gotterup
- Akshay Bhatia
The tee times and pairings will be based on the FedEx Cup standings too, meaning Scheffler and McIlroy will play the opening two days alongside each other.
Exact timings will be confirmed on Tuesday and can be found here, while the latest leaderboard can be found here.
This event has an overall purse of $40million, with $10m going to the winner.
TOUR Championship: What has been said?
The PGA Tour confirmed earlier this season that the TOUR Championship has scrapped the starting stroke format.
In recent years, the season-long FedEx Cup standings have handed the field starting strokes at East Lake, with the player with the most points leading into the tournament starting at 10 under par and decreasing down to level par.
That has been removed this season, meaning Akshay Bhatia, who is 30th in the FedEx Cup standings, has the same chance of winning the whole thing as runaway leader Scheffler.
The PGA Tour said: “Elimination of Starting Strokes: The TOUR Championship will be played as a 72-hole stroke-play event, with all players starting the tournament at even par. The best performer over the course of four rounds at the TOUR Championship will win the FedExCup.
“Toughest tournament to qualify for: Already the most elite field in golf, the TOUR Championship field size will remain at 30 players in 2025. The Player Advisory Council is studying the qualification system of future years to raise the stakes on the entire FedExCup season and reinforce the TOUR Championship as the hardest tournament to qualify for.”
The tour has also made East Lake even harder this season, adding: “Adjustments to course setup: In response to data indicating fans want to see winning scores closer to par, the PGA TOUR Rules Committee will adjust its course setup approach to encourage more risk/reward moments throughout each round, further heightening the drama and competition to determine the FedExCup champion.”