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The PGA Tour’s finale, the Tour Championship, is slated to begin Thursday morning at 11:26 a.m. ET at Eastlake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Tour Championship’s format is different from any other event on the PGA Tour’s schedule. Players start the tournament with different scores, which we’ll dive into later in this article, based on their FedEx Cup points throughout the 2022-2023 season.
It is the last and third event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs and will feature a field of 30 players competing for the $18 million dollar top prize for first place. After the first two playoff tournaments, fields were cut down by 20 golfers each time.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will begin the tournament with the lead at 10-under par for the second-straight year. Last week’s winner at the BMW Championship, Viktor Hovland, enters the week in second place and trails the Texan by two strokes.
Rory McIlroy, the second-ranked player in the Official World Golf Rankings, is the defending champion and will begin three shots behind Scheffler.
How does the Tour Championship format work?
The player with the lowest stroke total over 72 holes, when coupled with his FedExCup starting strokes, will be proclaimed FedExCup winner, receive an official PGA Tour victory, an $18 million bonus and a five-year exemption at the Tour Championship.
Who made the Tour Championship?
The following 30 golfers qualified. Their starting strokes are included.
| Place | Player | Starting score at the TC |
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | 10-under |
| 2 | Viktor Hovland | 8-under |
| 3 | Rory McIlroy | 7-under |
| 4 | Jon Rahm | 6-under |
| 5 | Lucas Glover | 5-under |
| 6 | Max Homa | 4-under |
| 7 | Patrick Cantlay | 4-under |
| 8 | Brian Harman | 4-under |
| 9 | Wyndham Clark | 4-under |
| 10 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 4-under |
| 11 | Tommy Fleetwood | 3-under |
| 12 | Russell Henley | 3-under |
| 13 | Keegan Bradley | 3-under |
| 14 | Rickie Fowler | 3-under |
| 15 | Xander Schauffele | 3-under |
| 16 | Tom Kim | 2-under |
| 17 | Sungjae Im | 2-under |
| 18 | Tony Finau | 2-under |
| 19 | Corey Conners | 2-under |
| 20 | Si Woo Kim | 2-under |
| 21 | Taylor Moore | 1-under |
| 22 | Nick Taylor | 1-under |
| 23 | Adam Schenk | 1-under |
| 24 | Collin Morikawa | 1-under |
| 25 | Jason Day | 1-under |
| 26 | Sam Burns | Even |
| 27 | Emiliano Grillo | Even |
| 28 | Tyrrell Hatton | Even |
| 29 | Jordan Spieth | Even |
| 30 | Sepp Straka | Even |
Past winners at East Lake
McIlroy has won three times in his past seven starts at the tournament.
| Year | Winner | To Par | Winning Margin |
| 2022 | Rory McIlroy | -21 (-10 start) | 1 Stroke |
| 2021 | Patrick Cantlay | -21 (-4 start) | 1 Stroke |
| 2020 | Dustin Johnson | -21 (-10 start) | 3 Strokes |
| 2019 | Rory McIlroy | -18 (-5 start) | 4 Strokes |
| 2018 | Tiger Woods | -11 | 2 Strokes |
| 2017 | Xander Schauffele | -12 | 1 Stroke |
| 2016 | Rory McIlroy | -12 | Playoff |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth | -9 | 4 Strokes |
| 2014 | Billy Horschel | -11 | 3 Strokes |
| 2013 | Henrik Stenson | -13 | 3 Strokes |
| 2012 | Brandt Snedeker | -10 | 3 Strokes |
| 2011 | Bill Haas | -8 | Playoff |
| 2010 | Jim Furyk | -8 | 1 Stroke |
Tour Championship payout
The total purse for the 2023 Tour Championship is $75 million.
| Place | Prize Money |
| 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 2 | $6,500,000 |
| 3 | $5,000,000 |
| 4 | 4,000,000 |
| 5 | $3,000,000 |
| 6 | $2,500,000 |
| 7 | $2,000,000 |
| 8 | $1,500,000 |
| 9 | $1,250,000 |
| 10 | $1,000,000 |
| 11 | $950,000 |
| 12 | $900,000 |
| 13 | $850,000 |
| 14 | $800,000 |
| 15 | $760,000 |
| 16 | $720,000 |
| 17 | $700,000 |
| 18 | $680,000 |
| 19 | $660,000 |
| 20 | $640,000 |
| 21 | $620,000 |
| 22 | $600,000 |
| 23 | $580,000 |
| 24 | $565,000 |
| 25 | $550,000 |
| 26 | $540,000 |
| 27 | $530,000 |
| 28 | $520,000 |
| 29 | $510,000 |
| 30 | $500,000 |
Odds to win the Tour Championship
The odds below are with starting strokes. Some sportsbooks offer the opportunity to bet on the winner without starting strokes.
Scottie Scheffler (-10): 7/5 (+140)
Rory McIlroy (-7): 33/10 (+330)
Viktor Hovland (-8): 5/1
Jon Rahm (-6): 8/1
Patrick Cantlay (-4): 16/1
Max Homa (-4): 28/1
Xander Schauffele (-3): 30/1
Matt Fitzpatrick (-4): 40/1
Lucas Glover (-5): 40/1
Wyndham Clark (-4): 45/1
Tommy Fleetwood (-3): 45/1
Brian Harman (-4): 45/1
Rickie Fowler (-3): 70/1
Russell Henley (-3): 75/1
Tom Kim (-2): 100/1
Sungjae Im (-2): 110/1
Tony Finau (-2): 130/1
Keegan Bradley (-3): 130/1
Corey Conners (-2): 130/1
Colin Morikawa (-1): 130/1
Tyrrell Hatton (E): 150/1
Si Woo Kim (-2): 180/1
Jordan Spieth (E): 180/1
Jason Day (-1): 250/1
Sam Burns (E): 300/1
Taylor Moore (-1): 40/1
Sepp Straka (E): 500/1
Emiliano Grillo (E): 500/1
Adam Schenk (-1): 500/1
Nick Taylor (-1): 800/1
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