Tour Championship Leaderboard Without Starting Strokes
The final leaderboard for the 2024 Tour Championship at East Lake has been released, and it shows a different picture than the one we saw on Sunday. Without the staggered starting strokes, Scottie Scheffler would have won the tournament by two strokes over Patrick Cantlay. Will Zalatoris would have finished third, followed by Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy.
The change in the leaderboard is due to the fact that the starting strokes format gives an advantage to the players who finished higher in the FedEx Cup standings. This year, the top five players in the standings started the tournament with a two-shot lead over the rest of the field.
The staggered starting strokes format has been used at the Tour Championship since 2019, and it has been controversial from the start. Some players have argued that it gives an unfair advantage to the top players in the standings, while others have said that it makes the tournament more exciting.
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