Tour Championship 2025: Tee times, TV schedule, payout, and everything you need to know

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It’s time for the FedEx Cup Playoffs finale! The Golfing Gazette provides all the key information about the Tour Championship.

The playoffs started with the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings, and now, only the top 30 remain for this week’s event.

And with the starting strokes format binned, everyone in the field has an equal chance to win one of the biggest prizes on the golfing calendar.

Here is everything you need to know about the Tour Championship, including the tee times, TV schedule, payout, and much more.

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Tour Championship dates

The first round of the Tour Championship is on Thursday, August 21, and the final round is on Sunday, August 24.

Where is the Tour Championship?

The Tour Championship rotated venues until 2004, when East Lake Golf Club became the tournament’s permanent home.

East Lake Golf Club

• Location: Atlanta, Georgia
• Established: 1904
• Architect: Tom Bendelow
• Par: 70
• Yardage: 7,440

Tour Championship final 30

The Tour Championship field consists of the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings following the BMW Championship last week.

The leading contenders at East Lake include Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, and Justin Thomas.

Tour Championship tee times

Here are the tee times for all 30 players in the first round of the Tour Championship at East Lake:

Thursday

• 11:16 a.m. — Chris Gotterup, Akshay Bhatia
• 11:27 a.m. — Jacob Bridgeman, Sungjae Im
• 11:38 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Harry Hall
• 11:49 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Shane Lowry
• 12 p.m. — Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland
• 12:16 p.m. — Corey Conners, Patrick Cantlay
• 12:27 p.m. — Sam Burns, Brian Harman
• 12:38 p.m. — Andrew Novak, Keegan Bradley
• 12:49 p.m. — Cameron Young, Ludvig Åberg
• 1 p.m. — Harris English, Justin Thomas
• 1:16 p.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Maverick McNealy
• 1:27 p.m. — Russell Henley, Sepp Straka
• 1:38 p.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Ben Griffin
• 1:49 p.m. — J.J. Spaun, Justin Rose
• 2 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy

Tour Championship TV schedule

Golf fans in the United States can watch live TV coverage of the Tour Championship on Golf Channel, NBC, and Peacock. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will live stream the event.

What is the Tour Championship payout?

The prize money at the Tour Championship is larger than at any other tournament. Here is what the top five players at East Lake will earn:

• Total: $40,000,000
• Winner: $10,000,000
• Runner-up: $5,000,000
• 3rd: $3,705,000
• 4th: $3,200,000
• 5th: $2,750,000
• 6th: $1,900,000
• 7th: $1,400,000
• 8th: $1,065,000
• 9th: $900,000
• 10th: $735,000

Tour Championship picks

The Golfing Gazette writers have made their predictions for the winner of the Tour Championship this week.

Jordan Harris: Viktor Hovland won the FedEx Cup in 2023, while he also shot the lowest gross score that week at East Lake. A seventh-place finish at the BMW Championship bodes well for the Ryder Cup. It also hints that it could be the Norwegian who pushes Scottie Scheffler in the coming days.

James Shearman: Rory McIlroy has been overshadowed by Scottie Scheffler this year despite winning The Masters, the Players Championship, and the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. However, if he were to win the Tour Championship, it would then start an argument over which player has had the better season. With the Ryder Cup also on his mind, I’m expecting McIlroy to show up at East Lake.

Peter Lynch: Scottie Scheffler is, of course, once again the obvious choice, but I can see an upset happening this week, with Russell Henley the man to do it.