Back at East Lake for the 2025 Tour Championship, and we have Soly Solomon in the field! Join us as we react to this year's final Creator Classic, run down news and notes, check the odds sheet to make some picks, and more. Presented by FanDuel.
Can I hate Peter Finch?
Love the NYS Golf hat Neil was wearing on the show. Any ideas where it’s from?
Course Maps on Instagram, limited run, but I think he’s doing more soon.
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Small nit to pick, but everyone always says “the NFL has parity due to its salary cap and MLB doesn’t” but if you look at the last ten years a total of ten different teams have made the Super Bowl (Broncos, Panthers, Patriots, Falcons, Eagles, Rams, Chiefs, 49ers, Bucs, Bengals) while 14 different MLB teams have played in the World Series (Royals, Mets, Cubs, Guardians, Astros, Dodgers, Red Sox, Nationals, Rays, Braves, Phillies, Rangers, Diamondbacks, Yankees).
Just an argument that grinds my gears. The NFL salary cap doesn’t create the parity that people think, it’s just an ownership talking point that the public has swallowed whole.
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Adding on the week over week NFL parity is because of the limited number of possessions per game. It’s not anything the league does, it’s just the way the game is player. You’re usually talking 9 to 11 possessions per team per game. It’s just something you’re not going to get in other sports.
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On top of that, at this moment the NBA has the most parity of championships because of the hard cap, and some fans hate it because they miss the dynasty’s
For Randy’s enjoyment and TC’s dismay, an unsolicited Tour Championship format I see potential in:
Top 32 players going into FedEx St. Jude receive exemptions into the BMW.
FedEx St. Jude:
- Field consists of players ranked 33-125 in the FedEx Cup
- Four rounds of stroke play with no cut. Top 32 after 4 rounds advance to BMW
-64 remaining are seeded into a bracket. Top 32 are seeded based on their finish in FedEx Cup. 33-64 are seeded based on their finish at St. Jude.
BMW:
Thursday: 16 matches (R1)
Friday: 16 matches (R1)
Saturday: 8 matches (R2)
Sunday: 8 matches (R2)
Tour Championship:
Thursday: 8 matches (R16)
Friday: 4 matches (QF)
Saturday: 2 matches (SF)
Sunday: 1 match (36 holes) (F)
I don’t hate where your head is at, but one logistical issue is there would be no “winner” of the BMW. Seeing as BMW (or whatever company in the future) is forking out $30+ million to sponsor that event, I would guess they want to have a winner and have it be virtually guaranteed that all of the biggest names in the sport play all four days for hospitality reasons.
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Very true. You could easily adjust to 64 for 32 spots 36 hole qualifying and then begin 8 R32 matches on Saturday. In that model you guarantee the best in the world for, in all likelihood, 3/4 days. Without knowing the importance of a winner to the name sponsor, you would wonder if the increased buzz, increased production value, and likely increased attendance would overcome no one hoisting a trophy at the end of the week.
They need to play the Tour Championship in the infield at Talladega.
Get back to some golfing roots: playing within the confines of a racetrack.