‘Big Bang’ with the first and second winning candidates. There is also a record of four championships in the first two consecutive victories. You can’t miss $ 10 million ($ 13.9 billion). This is the point of watching Scotty Shepler (US and World’s No. 1) and Lori McKilroy (Northern Ireland, 2nd).
The two will play in the first round of the Tour Championship, which is the third round of the US professional golf (PGA) Tour Playoffs (FedEx Cup), which will open at the East Lake Golf Club (par 70 · 7440 yards) in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Tour Championship is the stage of the ‘War of Stars’, where only the top 30 FedEx Cup Points will participate in. Some tours have been scheduled since then, but the FedEx Cup champion is determined in the tour championship. The total prize money is $ 40 million, the runner -up is $ 5 million, and the lowest level is $ 355,000.
In this year’s tour championship, the bonus scores applied according to the FedEx Cup ranking until last year. For example, last year’s first -place Shepler began the first round with 10 under pars and won the championship, but this year, the first to 30th place competes with equal conditions. Lim Sung -jae of Korea, which ranked 28th in ranking, is also aiming for the championship.
Fans’ interest is focusing on the match between Shepler, who shows off his skills, and McKilroy this year. The two are ranked first and second in the US professional golf nuri.
Shepler has recently won the BMW Championship, the second game of the playoffs, and has been in the midst of five wins (18 wins). The 29 -year -old Shepler, who says, “I don’t want to hit it for a day,” challenges a new record in the tour championship, as he lost two consecutive players in the Players Championship in 2023-2024. There was no player who won the tour championship for two consecutive years.
McKilroy, who has reached the top of the Masters Competition this year, expects ‘Daewoon’ to come every three years. McKilroy will challenge the fourth tour championship this year following 2016, 2019 and 2022. At the official press conference on the 20th, he said, “If we had maintained the bonus batting system this year, Shepler would have started,” he said. “But even a player who did not stand out can be aiming for a big prize on the last stage of this year, and on the contrary, it can be a chance to finish the players who have spent a good season.”
Lim Sung -jae, who has been invited to the seven consecutive tour championships, is in the first round with the Jay Cup Bridgeman in the United States. Lim has never been in the top 10 in the recent 10 tour competitions. But last year’s seventh place in the tour championship and the runner -up in 2022 is as powerful. If you are more than runner -up, you will get more rewards than 26 competitions ($ 463,387) this season.
Kim Chang -geum, senior reporter kimck@hani.co.kr