Ultimate August 12:01, 28/08/2019

Welcome to the conclusion of PGA TOUR’s 2018-19 Season where every stroke matters and every missed shot could mean disaster. The stars of the game know they have everything to play for as one of the richest prizes and accolades in sports await the FedExCup champion.

Four tournaments remain out of the 46 which have seen the TOUR’s bandwagon traversing the United States, Latin America and all the way to Asia over the past 11 months before the curtain come down on another epic season which has celebrated new stars and heralded milestone moments.

First up, the Wyndham Championship will help conclude the Regular Season in the first week of August and the player who finishes on top of the Points List will pocket US$2 million as part of a new US$10 million bonus scheme introduced via the Wyndham Rewards Top 10.

The top 125 golfers will then qualify for the make-or-break FedExCup Playoffs, comprising THE NORTHERN TRUST, 70 will get through to the BMW Championship and the Playoffs Finale, TOUR Championship will feature the best 30 and use a stroke-based system (see below) to decide the 2019 FedExCup champion.

Amazingly, this season’s payout will be US$5 million more than what England’s Justin Rose picked up as the 2018 FedExCup winner, thanks to a cash boost from FedEx who topped up the overall bonus pool by US$25 million to US$60 million.

As previous FedExCup champions include current golf greats such as Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose and Vijay Singh, winning the season-long competition has grown into a priority for the new generation of golfers. In short, the FedExCup is now woven as part of the modern game fabric.

Asia will have keen interest in the Playoffs with Korean rookie Sungjae Im currently being the highest ranked Asian on the Points List in 23rdposition, followed by countryman Sung Kang two rungs below and Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama in 27thplace.