{"id":78711,"date":"2025-08-19T21:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/78711\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T21:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:58:06","slug":"rory-mcilroy-relishing-great-opportunity-to-lift-fedex-cup-from-level-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/78711\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy relishing \u2018great opportunity\u2019 to lift FedEx Cup from level start"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rory McIlroy<\/a> says he is comfortable with the format change at this year\u2019s Tour Championship<\/a>, which gives each one of the 30-strong field a unique chance to lift the FedEx<\/a> Cup.<\/p>\n

Masters champion McIlroy is second in the FedEx rankings behind defending champion Scottie Scheffler<\/a>, but will not start with a two-shot deficit as the unpopular starting-strokes format has been scrapped this year.<\/p>\n

Every player will start equal at East Lake in Atlanta on Thursday, meaning the Tour Championship winner will also be crowned FedEx champion and will pocket the \u00a37.4million on offer.<\/p>\n

McIlroy said: \u201cAny time you make it back to East Lake you\u2019ve had a good year and it\u2019s always nice to come back.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve played this event and this golf course in a bunch of different formats.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has a different feel, any one of the 30 has a chance to win the FedEx Cup this year, which is obviously a lot different than it\u2019s been in previous years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a clean slate for everyone and it\u2019s a great opportunity for one of the guys who maybe wasn\u2019t a huge part of the season to put their hand up and have a chance to win the big prize at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also an opportunity for some of the guys who have had great years to rubberstamp the season a little bit and end of a positive note. There\u2019s still a lot to play for this week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tommy Fleetwood<\/a>, up to fifth in the FedEx Cup rankings after back-to-back tied-third and tied-fourth finishes, said he was excited that this year\u2019s new format gives everyone an equal chance.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI\u2019m sure everybody aside from Scottie Scheffler will love the fact we\u2019re all starting on a level playing field. You win this week and you\u2019re holding two trophies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fleetwood, who has had seven top-10 finishes this season, is still chasing his first PGA Tour win after coming close at the FedEx St Jude Championship before his tied-fourth finish on Sunday at the BMW Championship.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI\u2019ll finish it off at some point. I\u2019ll get it right and I\u2019ll get it right more than once.<\/p>\n

\u201cBest-case scenario, coming down the stretch at East Lake with a chance to win. Whether I get it right or not, whether someone plays better or not, I\u2019ll talk about that after.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-78711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}