Final in the FedExCup: Golf for a 15 million jackpot

Cologne (SID) The highest jackpot for an individual athlete increased by 50 percent, the format changed for more excitement: The final of the FedExCup on the US tour of professional golfers promises high excitement. At the Tour Championship in the Coca-Cola City of Atlanta, 15 million dollars (13,5 million euros) will now be paid out to the overall winner of the series on Sunday; up until last year it was "only" ten million dollars (9,0 million euros). ). The rules in the competition, which was introduced in 2007, are also new. At the East Lake Golf Club in Georgia, the leader of the FedExCup overall standings, the US professional Justin Thomas, enters the tournament with 30 remaining players ten shots under par and has to defend his lead over the four rounds. He is followed by his compatriots Patrick Cantlay (minus 8) and Brooks Koepka (minus 7). The competitors in positions 25 to 30 start at even par. In previous years, the points from the final tournament were simply added to the total points. “I would feel more comfortable ten strokes behind than 30th overall,” said 2015 champion Jordan Spieth (USA), who failed to qualify for Atlanta this year. Of the three German players on the US tour, none of them were able to qualify for the first play-off tournament of the best 125 in the overall ranking. The two-time major winner Martin Kaymer (Mettmann) took 150th place in the final ranking, Munich's Stephan Jäger and Alex Cejka came in 152nd and 203rd. Superstar Tiger Woods is also not there in Atlanta. The US Masters winner is the only player to have won the FedExCup twice (2007 and 2009). Justin Thomas, who triumphed in 2017, can catch up with him. The defending champion is Olympic champion Justin Rose (England), who starts the race in Atlanta in 17th place overall but already eight shots behind Thomas.

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Final in the FedExCup: Golf for a 15 million jackpot

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