Overview

• Beginning with the 2025 event at East Lake Golf Club, all 30 qualifiers will start at even par in a traditional 72-hole stroke-play format.
• The PGA Tour Rules Committee will toughen East Lake’s setup to introduce more risk-and-reward opportunities across each round.
• Bonus money will be redistributed more evenly among the top 30 finishers to balance season-long performance and tournament volatility.
• The field will remain at 30 players for next year even as the Player Advisory Council examines new qualification standards for future championships.
• Players such as Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy had criticized the previous staggered-start system for diluting the season-long FedEx Cup competition.