Thank heavens they're waiting until next year to implement a new FedEx Cup format.
In the final year that the Tour Championship has any resemblance to a stand-alone, stroke-play tournament, Tiger Woods claimed his big, lead-SportsCenter-even-on-a-NFL-Sunday victory. Just in time.
Under the same conditions in 2019, he would have finished runner-up to Justin Rose.
Under the new system beginning next year, the FedEx Cup leader begins the Tour Championship at 10 under. The No. 2 guy is 8 under, third 7 under, fourth 6 under, fifth 5 under. Each group of five after that would be a stroke less. And whoever's lowest at the end of Sunday wins the FedEx Cup (there is no Tour Championship trophy).
Woods, 20th in points coming in would have started at 2 under, already six back of Rose, who was second in points.
Here's the top players in this year's Tour Championship: Tiger Woods (11 under), Billy Horschel (9 under), Dustin Johnson 7 under), Rose, Hideki Matsuyama and Webb Simpson (6 under).
And here's how they would have placed if the new system went in a year early: Rose (14 under), Woods, Horschel, Johnson (13 under), Bryson DeChambeau (11 under), Tony Finau and Justin Thomas (10 under).
