The Tour Championship 2024 starts on Thursday! The Golfing Gazette brings you how to watch, predictions, prize money, dates, and everything you need to know.
The first of three FedEx Cup Playoff events took place a fortnight ago at the St Jude Championship, where Hideki Matsuyama came out on top of a 70-strong field.
Then, last week, Keegan Bradley beat 49 of the world’s best golfers to win the BMW Championship title.
It is now time for the final event of the PGA Tour season, where the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings will compete for the biggest purse ever.
Here is all the important information about the Tour Championship 2024.
Everything you need to know about the Tour Championship 2024
When will the Tour Championship place?
The Tour Championship will take place from Thursday the 29th of August 2024 until Sunday the 1st of September 2024.
Where will the Tour Championship take place?
The Tour Championship will be played at East Lake Golf Club, the host for 21 consecutive seasons. The course is around a 15-minute drive from Downtown Atlanta.
East Lake Golf Club
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Established: 1904
- Total Holes: 18
- Par: 71
- Length: 8,130 yards
- Designer: Tom Bendelow
- Course Record: 60 (Zach Johnson – 2007)
Tour Championship starting scores
The Tour Championship is unlike any other PGA Tour event in that not every player starts on level par.
The season-ending tournament is supposed to reward excellent play throughout the year. So, the higher the player is in the FedEx Cup standings, the lower the score they will start on.
Scottie Scheffler, who leads the current standings, will start at 10 under par.
Who won last year’s Tour Championship?
Viktor Hovland (-27) won last year’s Tour Championship by a remarkable five shots to Xander Schauffele, having won the BMW Championship the previous week.
In 2022, Rory McIlroy (-21) beat Sungjae Im and Scheffler (-20) by one stroke to win the event for the third time.
Are LIV Golf players taking part?
No. The Tour Championship is an official PGA Tour event, meaning LIV Golf players will not be teeing up at East Lake Golf Club. LIV Golf Chicago takes place in two weeks.
What is the prize money?
The players at the Tour Championship will fight over a share of the record-breaking $100 million prize money – up from $75m last season. $25m will go to the winner, while the runner-up will receive $12.5m.
How to Watch (US)
Golf Channel will carry live coverage on Thursday and Friday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. EDT.
On Saturday, Golf Channel will start the coverage from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and CBS will take over from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Golf Channel will show the action from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. Then, CBS will provide afternoon coverage from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
| Day | Channel (Time) |
| Thursday | Golf Channel (1 – 6 p.m.) |
| Friday | Golf Channel (1 – 6 p.m.) |
| Saturday | Golf Channel (1 – 2:30 pm), CBS (2:30 – 7 pm) |
| Sunday | Golf Channel (12 – 1:30 pm), CBS (1:30 – 6 pm) |
Predictions
The Golfing Gazette writers predict who they think will walk away with the Tour Championship title and grand cash prize:
Jordan Harris: “Everyone knows that it is either going to be Scottie Scheffler or Xander Schauffele who probably win The Tour Championship, but there is one man who has won the event after starting at -4 and -5 in the past – and funnily enough, he begins this week at -4.
“So let’s put all of Rory McIlroy’s recent problems down to a clearly faulty driver and say that the new driver in the bag is going to make all the difference at East Lake as the Northern Irishman ends a turbulent season on a high.”
James Shearman: “Scottie Scheffler may have an advantage over his rivals but he did not look himself at the BMW Championship. Meanwhile, Xander Schauffele is only two shots back and he did play well last week at Castle Pines.
“However, I’m going for Ludvig Aberg, who finished second to Keegan Bradley at the BMW and starts three behind Schauffele at -5. It would be the first big win of the Swede’s short – yet extremely impressive – career.”
Sam Stone: “Instead of deliberately opting for a left-field pick – just for the sake of it – I am going for Xander Schauffele and I am confident with this one. Schauffele, better known as the ‘East Lake Whisperer’, is a master at golf’s season-ending venue.
“Schauffele has finished in the top five each of the past five seasons and won the Tour Championship in 2017. Yes, there have been alterations to East Lake over the past 12 months, but the course layout has remained largely unharmed.
“He’s performed well so far in the end-of-season playoffs, and there’s no reason why that won’t continue this week. Given he’s starting just two back of Scottie Scheffler and ahead of the rest of the field, if Schauffele gets going, he will be incredibly tough to stop.”
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