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Since the FedEx Cup Starting Strokes format was introduced in 2019, two players have won the FedEx Cup when entering the Tour Championship as the FedEx Cup leader (Dustin Johnson, 2020; Patrick Cantlay, 2021. Here are the Starting Strokes positions for each FedEx Cup champion since 2019:
> Rory McIlroy, 2019: 5 under
> Dustin Johnson, 2020: 10 under
> Patrick Cantlay, 2021: 10 under
> Rory McIlroy, 2022: 4 under
> Viktor Hovland, 2023: 8 under
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
The Tour Championship marks the end of the 2024 PGA Tour season. What have been your favorite moments, including the majors?
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Dunning Golf: To outfit the 2024 U.S. Solheim Cup Team for the second successive year. Over the last two years, Dunning designers worked with U.S. Team Captain Stacy Lewis and assistant captain Morgan Pressel to design the custom uniforms. The American squad will wear a kit that reflects country pride heightened by the fact it's competing at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, just outside the nation's capital, Sept. 13-15.
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PGA Tour: Tour Championship
Site: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia.
Television [ET]: Thursday-Friday, 1-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-7 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, noon to 1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 1:30-6 p.m. (NBC).
GCSAA Fact Sheet
LPGA Tour: FM Championship
Site: Norton, Massachusetts.
Television [ET]: Today-Friday, 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel, tape delay). Saturday, 2:30-5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).
GCSAA Fact Sheet
European Tour: Betfred British Masters
Site: The Belfry (Brabazon), Sutton Coldfield, England.
Television [ET]: Today, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).
USGA: Curtis Cup
Site: Sunningdale Golf Club, Sunningdale, England.
Television [ET]: Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 12:30-1:30 p.m. (Peacock); Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel), noon to 1 p.m. (Peacock); Sunday, 5-10:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).
DRIVER$: INSIDE THE GOLF INDUSTRY
Industry legend Barney Adams looks forward
Adams Golf founder, former executive remains an innovative thinker about equipment and the state of the game, which he discusses with co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein
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GOLF INNERVIEW WITH ANN LIGUORI
Talking Lydia Ko: Olympic gold, LPGA Hall of Fame
Longtime golf writer Ron Sirak joins host Ann Liguori to discuss the 27-year-old New Zealander's recent double accomplishment at the 2024 Paris Olympics
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