Fedex Cup Changes and Lower Cut lines
Fedex Cup changes, more smoke and mirrors.
A couple of changes were announced today by the PGA Tour. First off, after much debate and controversy surrounding the inaugural season of the Fedex Cup, a few changes were made to accommodate the litany of complaints from both the players inside the PGA Tour and fans on the outside. The second change announced was the change to lower cut lines at all PGA Tournaments starting next season.
Fedex Cup Changes:
First off, the changes to the Fedex Cup. The first three events, The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship and BMW Championship will stay the same. But now there will be a full week off before the Ryder Cup. The final leg of the Fedex Cup, the Tour Championship will be played the week after the Ryder Cup.
If you ask me, I still that’s too many weeks in a row for these guys. And they still need to do something about the 175 player field to begin with. I mean, nobody ranked 175 is going to win it, why not start at like 125. The PGA Tour supposedly listened to the players this time, as Joe Durant was representing the players, but it still seems like they haven’t really listened to what the players want.
Lower Cut Lines:
In an effort to increase the pace on the weekend matches, the PGA Tour has announced they will change the rules regarding the cut lines for all tournaments in 2008. Previously, the cut was set at somewhere in the top 70 players with ties rounding up. Well a change will be made where if the number of players exceeds 79, they will make the cut one stroke lower even if it is below 70.
This is going to be very controversial for a lot of players, as many of them use the statistic of cuts made to determine success for sponsorships and the like. While this will improve the pace of play in the final rounds, it will have a detrimental effect for the players.
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