The Tour Championship now has the richest individual prize fund in golf with the PGA Tour making the FedExCup payoff count as official money for the first time.

Tommy Gainey, known for wearing golf gloves on both hands, celebrated his 50th birthday on Aug. 13, just 48 hours before he teed it up in his first senior event. And so far, so good, as Gainey shot 6-under 64 at the 2025 Rogers Charity Classic.

That shores up a spot in the TOUR Championship that concludes the Playoffs. Thinking longer-term, he’s also now exempt into the 2026 editions of The Sentry, THE PLAYERS Championship and the PGA Championship.

In January 1987, PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman introduced the first-ever Tour Championship—it was called the Nabisco Championship then—with these words: "We've tried various other methods, but this could be what we've been looking for–a logical,

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With the first leg of the FedExCup Playoffs over, only 50 players remain in contention for the FedExCup, 49 of whom will tee it up at this week's BMW Championsh

The second PGA Tour FedExCup playoff tournament begins Thursday, with the BMW Championship set to take place in Baltimore, Maryland, featuring the top 50 golfers on the tour. Leading the field is world No.