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Tour Championship Kicks Off at East Lake With Scheffler Favored and Clark Riding Momentum

The 30-player, $40 million FedEx Cup finale will decide big season awards and Presidents Cup spots while signaling how the Tour’s end-of-season stakes will change after 2027.

Min Woo Lee plays his tee shot on the third hole during the first round of the Tour Championship golf tournament, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard) CORRECTION: "Min Woo Lee" is correct not Si Woo Kim"
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Overview

  • The Tour Championship began Thursday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta as a 72-hole stroke-play event with a $40 million purse and a $10 million winner’s prize.
  • World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler enters as the FedEx Cup points leader and betting favorite but is recovering from hand, foot and mouth disease he battled at last week’s BMW Championship.
  • Wyndham Clark arrives off a BMW victory and joins Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick and others as top contenders in a 30-player field that includes six Tour Championship debutants.
  • Under the restored even-par start, every player begins level and the lowest 72-hole score wins, a change that preserves the $10 million payday and reshapes late-week drama and betting dynamics.
  • The result will affect Player of the Year debates, automatic spots for the U.S. and International Presidents Cup teams, and players’ positioning ahead of the Tour Championship’s move from East Lake after 2027 to a rotating, two-week match-play format.