Plenty of lucrative shots have been hit in these events through the years as the world’s best golfers have attempted to pad their bank accounts. There have been some (very) costly bad shots as well.
As the 13th edition of the Playoffs begin in 2019, the changes set to play out over the next three weeks are more than subtle tweaks but rather a dramatic overhaul to the end-of-the-season event.
The addition of Lyras bolsters the Australian contingent at Sedgefield Country Club to seven with Cameron Smith, Aaron Baddeley and Matt Jones hoping to improve their Order of Merit positions ahead of the FedEx Cup Playoffs starting next week.
Tiger Woods has committed to playing in the first FedEx Cup playoff event, the Northern Trust, at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, next week.
Ian Poulter shot a four-under-par 66 on Thursday at the WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational, but that performance was overshadowed by a confrontation with a fan on the final hole at TPC Southwind.
To get a glimpse at the possible teams for 2020, we applied the qualification criteria to the most recent Olympic rankings (July 23) and produced the full 60-player fields for the men’s and women’s tournaments.