The PGA Tour continues to build towards the PGA Championship this week with the Truist Championship and the Myrtle Beach Classic.
Rory McIlroy is the top-ranked player at the Truist Championship, with Tom Kim holding that honour at the Myrtle Beach Classic.
The former is taking place at Philadelphia Cricket Club, with the latter taking place at Dunes Golf and Beach Club.
They arrive after the CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch, where Scottie Scheffler earned his first PGA Tour win of the season.
And the two tournaments come just before the PGA Championship, which will get underway at Quail Hollow next week.
Lucas Glover calls for Tour Championship change after ‘ridiculous’ Scottie Scheffler issue
Scheffler is skipping the Truist Championship, but 2009 US Open champion Lucas Glover is among the field.
And speaking ahead of the event, he has voiced his concern with the season-ending Tour Championship, which was won by Scheffler last year at Atlanta’s East Lake.
“I am a little upset at myself that I have voiced my frustration with that without a solution,” Glover told Golf Channel. “I have always felt that if you have a complaint you need to offer a solution. I don’t necessarily have one.
“Something that has come to mind is maybe reward the regular season with half the bonus purse and then have a playoff for the rest of it or something.
“I do not have an answer. But what we were doing was not working, obviously. The year Scottie had last year to start only two shots ahead is ridiculous.
| Starting strokes | Player |
| 10 under | Scottie Scheffler |
| 8 under | Xander Schauffele |
| 7 under | Hideki Matsuyama |
| 6 under | Keegan Bradley |
| 5 under | Ludvig Aberg |
| 4 under | Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay |
| 3 under | Sungjae Im, Sahith Theegala, Shane Lowry, Adam Scott, Tony Finau |
| 2 under | Byeong Hun An, Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley, Akshay Bhatia, Robert MacIntyre |
| 1 under | Billy Horschel, Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith |
| Even | Chris Kirk, Tom Hoge, Aaron Rai, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Justin Thomas |
“The fact that any format where he was not the FedExCup champion before Atlanta started was to me crazy.
“For me he should have been given the trophy the Wednesday night before the tournament started. Gun to my head I don’t see what’s wrong with having a golf tournament with 30 guys there and play four rounds.
“But I don’t know. I don’t have an answer, I don’t think there is one. Playoffs are not suited to golf and that’s been proven as we have had to change the format so many times.”
What is the current FedExCup top 10 ahead of the PGA Championship?
Glover has undoubtedly been one of the more outspoken PGA Tour players in recent times, with his criticism continuing ahead of another Signature Event.
Six-time title winner Glover slammed new PGA Tour proposals last year, with such proposals involving reduced field sizes and the number of cards awarded.
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| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 2,463 |
| 2 | Scottie Scheffler | 1,928 |
| 3 | Justin Thomas | 1,669 |
| 4 | Sepp Straka | 1,429 |
| 5 | Russell Henley | 1,404 |
| 6 | Andrew Novak | 1,380 |
| 7 | Ludvig Aberg | 1,278 |
| 8 | Corey Conners | 1,235 |
| 9 | Maverick McNealy | 1,190 |
| 10 | Collin Morikawa | 1,170 |
| 22 | Lucas Glover | 835 |
Fields have been cut down to just 72 players for Signature Events, with prize money and FedExCup points increased.
The starting strokes format of the Tour Championship meanwhile looks set to be changed, although a match play format doesn’t look likely.
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