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PGA Tour Championship 2024: Starting Positions, Odds, & Favorites
By Gia Nguyen,
6 hours ago
The final leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs is set tee off on Thursday, August 29th, with 30 of the top-ranked players vying for the FedEx Cup at East Lake Golf Club in Georgia.
Unlike any of the regular season PGA Tour events, the FedEx Cup Playoff events are based on points. While extra cash, points, and exemption incentives were available throughout the first two events, the final event will offer a $25 million purse along with a five-year PGA Tour exemption.
The Tour Championship’s uniqueness stems from its format. Instead of using standard stroke play, players will use the Starting Stroke format, which allows season leaders to have an advantage at East Lake.
The field is highlighted once again by Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele, who are the top two favorites in Atlanta. Scheffler opens with +115 to win the FedEx Cup while Schauffele sits back with +235 odds.
Tour Championship 2024: Starting Positions
The Tour Championship will implement a Starting Stroke Format, meaning players will start with a certain amount of strokes back from par, based on their FedEx Cup rankings
The FedEx Cup leader, Scottie Scheffler, will start with a 10-stroke lead, while No.2 player, Xander Schauffele starts with an 8-stroke advantage. The strokes ascend up to par for the rest of the players in the field.
The leading strokes awards the top performers of the year. FedEx Cup points are awarded for finishes throughout the regular season. This weekend, the Tour Championship winner will be determined after 72 holes and the player with the lowest stroke total over four rounds combined with his Fedex Cup Starting strokes will be crowned the winner.
Check out the table below for the 2024 Tour Championship starting positions.
Player FedEx Cup Standings FedEx Cup Points Starting Strokes
Scottie Scheffler 1 6,615 -10
Xander Schauffele 2 5,422 -8
Hideki Matsuyama 3 3,899 -7
Keegan Bradley 4 3,096 -6
Ludvig Aberg 5 2,980 -5
Rory McIlroy 6 2,829 -4
Collin Morikawa 7 2,714 -4
Wyndham Clark 8 2,708 -4
Sam Burns 9 2,518 -4
Patrick Cantlay 10 2,221 -4
Sungjae Im 11 2,220 -3
Sahith Theegala 12 2,114 -3
Shane Lowry 13 2,099 -3
Adam Scott 14 2,058 -3
Tony Finau 15 2,047 -3
Byeong Hun-An 16 2,040 -2
Viktor Hovland 17 1,967 -2
Russell Henley 18 1,933 -2
Akshay Bhatia 19 1,891 -2
Robert MacIntyre 20 1,885 -2
Billy Horschel 21 1,838 -1
Tommy Fleetwood 22 1,747 -1
Sepp Straka 23 1,721 -1
Matthieu Pavon 24 1,690 -1
Taylor Pendrith 25 1,668 -1
Chris Kirk 26 1,656 E
Tom Hoge 27 1,655 E
Aaron Rai 28 1,639 E
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 29 1,628 E
Justin Thomas 30 1,617 E
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Tour Championship 2024 Winner Odds
At East Lake this weekend, the top players have a huge advantage over the field. Without even stepping onto the course, Scheffler already has a 10-stroke lead, making him the overwhelming favorite in the event.
Scheffler is the odds on favorite, opening with +115 odds. Just behind him, Schauffele sits with +235 odds. Meanwhile, the next closest player is Hideki Matsuyama at +1200 odds, along with Rory McIlroy +1800, and Ludvig Aberg at +2200.
Despite winning the BMW Championship last week, Keegan Bradley sits only 8th on the odds chart with +4000 to win.
With the odds so tight between Scheffler and Schauffele, the Tour Championship appears to be theirs to lose.
Check out the 2024 Tour Championship winner odds below.
Player FedEx Cup Winner
Scottie Scheffler +115
Xander Schauffele +235
Hideki Matsuyama +1200
Rory McIlroy +1800
Ludvig Aberg +2200
Collin Morikawa +3000
Patrick Cantlay +4000
Keegan Bradley +4000
Sam Burns +5500
Wyndham Clark +5500
Viktor Hovland +7500
Sungjae Im +8000
Tony Finau +9000
Adam Scott +10000
Russell Henley +10000
Tommy Fleetwood +12500
Sahith Theegala +15000
Shane Lowry +15000
Billy Horschel +17500
Akshay Bhatia +25000
Byeong-Hun An +25000
Robert MacIntyre +30000
Justin Thomas +35000
Aaron Rai +35000
Sepp Straka +35000
Taylor Pendrith +45000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +75000
Tom Hoge +75000
Chris Kirk +75000
Matthieu Pavon +85000
Tour Championship 2024 72-Hole Stroke Play Winner
The Tour Championship will not feature a cut. That means all 30 players will be required to play through 72-holes across four days.
Taking out the Starting Stroke Format, the Tour Championship 72-hole winner is based more on players’ skill and current form.
Even without a 10-stroke lead, Scheffler (+450) is still the odds-on favorite to have the best score after three rounds. The same goes for Schauffele, who comes in at +475 odds after getting the monkey off of his back by winning two majors this year.
The rest of the top five contenders include Rory McIlroy (+1100), Collin Morikawa (+1600), and Ludvig Aberg (+1600).
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