It’s finally time to crown the FedEx Cup champion for the 2025 PGA Tour with the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
The 70-man playoff field has been cut all the way down to 30, and everyone is playing for the FedEx Cup and a $10 million prize at one of the Tour’s longtime staple courses.
What to Know About 2025 Tour Championship
Schedule
Thursday, Aug. 21 – Sunday, Aug. 24
TV Coverage
First round: ESPN+ (11:15 a.m. ET), Golf Channel (1 p.m. ET)
Second round: ESPN+ (8 a.m. ET), Golf Channel (10 a.m. ET)
Third round: ESPN+ (noon ET), Golf Channel (1-2:30 p.m. ET), NBC (2:30 p.m. ET)
Final round: ESPN+ (11 a.m. ET), Golf Channel (noon-1:30 p.m. ET), NBC (1:30 p.m. ET)
Note: The PGA Tour announced that due to weather, tee times for Round 2 have been moved up to 8 a.m. ET.
Course
East Lake Golf Club (Atlanta)
Once again (and for now, at least), East Lake Golf Club hosts the final tournament of the PGA Tour season, as it has for the last 20 years. Players got their first taste of the Andrew Greene renovation last season where new green complexes played more like trampolines than putting surfaces.
“Yeah, I think we’re going to have a chance to maybe fire at a few more pins or to hold some greens,” Rory McIlroy said after the 2024 tournament in anticipation for this year. ” … Yeah, the golf course is just a little young this year, but in a year’s time, I think it’ll have bedded in, and it’ll play a little better.”
Format
Unlike recent years, the PGA Tour is going back to 72-hole stroke play without starting strokes. As recently as last year, the leader coming into the week would start at 10-under, second place at 9-under and down the board until even par. This year, however, everyone starts at even par, and the player who has the best score at the end of the weekend is the FedEx Cup champion, whether he’s ranked No. 30 or No. 1 coming into the week.
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Odds
Here are the last-minute betting favorites, per DraftKings Sportsbook.
Scottie Scheffler +150
Rory McIlroy +850
Tommy Fleetwood +1400
Ludvig Aberg +1800
Russell Henley +2000
Justin Thomas +2500
J.J. Spaun +2500
Patrick Cantlay +2500
Must-see pairings, tee times (for Round 2)
(See all Round 2 tee times here.)
Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Rose (8:44 a.m. ET): There’s nothing about this pairing that jumps off the page, but that’s kind of the point. Just two, solid future Hall of Famers, out there trying to make a charge up the leaderboard.
Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay (10:33 a.m. ET): There’s a lot of Ryder Cup flavor in the second-round pairings, including these longtime Team USA stalwarts. Any bubble concerns were likely eased by impressive first rounds, but another strong day for either or both wouldn’t hurt.
Scottie Scheffler, Russell Henley (10:44 a.m. ET): You’ve got the best player in the world, who looked the part in Round 1, with Scheffler coasting to a 7-under opening 18. Henley, meanwhile, was someone circled as a relative dark horse coming into this event and has torn it up in the past. This might also be a Team USA Ryder Cup pairing, as the duo paired up at the Presidents Cup last fall.
How to Watch the 2025 Tour Championship: Tee Times, TV Coverage, Schedule