The 2024 PGA Tour season gets underway this week with The Sentry and this season will be unlike any other season in recent memory. The on-going partnership/rivalry among the frenemies of the PGA Tour and LIV, new elevated events on the PGA Tour schedule, the departure of Jon Rahm to LIV, despite a deal supposedly in the works for the two tours to merge, and the return of Tiger Woods are just a few of the major storylines at the forefront of this new season.
We’ll address each of the above topics below, as well as players I predict will earn their first career PGA Tour win, which players will end winless streaks, which players will remain winless, who will take home the four major championships and who will be the season-long FedEx Cup champion.
The war between these two rival sporting factions continues to wage on, despite an unofficial detente being announced on June 6, catching the entirety of the PGA Tour and golf fans in general by surprise. Here we are, 6+ months later, and no official partnership is up and running, no game plan is in place, talks are still on-going and players are still leaving the PGA Tour for LIV. At the end of the day, the majority of the world’s best have remained loyal to the PGA Tour, despite the PGA Tour being less than upfront with them over the course of this entire ordeal. In theory, the PGA Tour only has to deal with LIV during the four majors, as those are the only events where some LIV players are eligible to play in as of now. But the thing is, LIV could go out there and sweep all four majors this year. They have many players who are capable of doing it, with Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Cameron Smith and Dustin Johnson all leading the way in that regard. But then again, the PGA Tour still has roughly 99% of the world’s best talent on any given day and they also have many players capable of winning all four majors, including Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland, just to name four.
At this point in time, the PGA Tour is still the number one tour in the world, with the most eyeballs watching the events on television and attending the events in person. Did LIV cut into that strength? Absolutely? Did LIV manage to bring over some of that amazing talent to their own league? Absolutely. At the end of the day, the PGA Tour is still the number one top dog in the pecking order for elite golf. LIV is going to remain in some form though. It’s not going away as a separate entity unless the money runs out, which is highly improbable given the source of the funding. If LIV merges with the PGA Tour, then they gain a bigger foothold into the sport than they ever could have accomplished by themselves. If LIV doesn’t merge with the tour, then they are still at a great disadvantage due to their league not receiving Offical World Golf Ranking points, as they don’t contest 72 hole stroke play events with a cut. Unless their players dominate the majors moving forward, we are unlikely to see more than a handful of LIV players each year in the biggest events of the season, as winners of the majors remain exempt for a select number of years in each of the majors, with Masters winners receiving a lifetime exemption into that event.
LIV is a winner, like it or not, for the mere fact that it came into the sport of golf and immediately turned it on its head, which is not something many upstart leagues in any sport have been able to accomplish. It may have ruffled a lot of feathers and angered a lot of people given the financial backers of the new league, but it accomplished its main goal of entering the sport, bringing the best players in the world into its league and hosting golf events at premier courses at the international level. The fact that LIV is as successful as it is leads to our next key storyline, as the new elevated tournaments wouldn’t exist if not for LIV.
Elevated Tournaments:
In direct response to the boatloads of money that LIV was offering to golfers who joined their league, the PGA Tour has upped the ante in select events to offer more money, more FedEx Cup points and guaranteed purses to its elite players. This upcoming season, the following eight events are elevated on the PGA Tour schedule: The Sentry, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The Genesis Invitational, the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, the RBC Heritage, the Wells Fargo Championship, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and the Travelers Championship.
All eight events will be limited field events that offer 700 FedEx Cup points to the winner, compared to a normal PGA Tour event that offers 500 FedEx Cup points to the winner. The Genesis Invitational, the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday will each feature a cut after two rounds like normal PGA Tour events, with the top 50 and ties and any player within 10 shots of the lead making the cut. The prize money will also be adjusted based on the number of players making the cut, with the winner getting 20 percent of the purse. The remaining five Signature Events will have no cut line, each player will take home a paycheck and the winner will take home 18 percent of the purse.
This concept is a double edged sword. It’s great for the fact that you’re rewarding your top payers for playing their best golf in the biggest events, but at the same time, you’re limiting who can play in certain events. The schedule is 36 events this year and right out of the gate, you’re limiting over half of the tour to just 3/4 of those events, as only 70-80 players will be teeing it up in most of the elevated tournaments. There were always several players who would go out and play 30+ events every year and eventually keep their card due to the shear volume of events they earned money and FedEx Cup points in. That strategy is gone. In a way, you’re forcing those players to also elevate their games to not just keep their PGA Tour cards, but to also play well enough to qualify for the elevated events next season. At the same time, the studs are playing all of the elevated events, which means they’ll be playing less in some of the non-elevated events, which means there could very well be some surprise winners and some weaker fields in those events. The bar is a bit further up the peg with the elevated tournament players having a distinct advantage in the FedEx Cup standings, but at the end of the day, if you play well on the PGA Tour, you will find success. And that’s what this new format is designed to reward.
Jon Rahm to LIV – Is Anyone Safe From Greed:
With all of the money being thrown around by LIV, many of the PGA Tour’s elite said that there was no amount of money that would make them jump ship. Jon Rahm was firmly in that boat for a long time, infamously saying that $400 million wouldn’t change his life. “Truth be told, I could retire right now with what I’ve made and live a very happy life and not play golf again.” LIV has always been in the gray area, where a lot of the exact money amounts being thrown around aren’t specific. Rahm was paid upwards of £450 million to join LIV, which is nothing to sneeze at.
The heart of the issue is that people are not happy about the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) for being the financial backers of LIV, as Saudi Arabia has been known for its abuse of human rights and many folks are viewing their foray into golf as a way to “sportswash” the public’s viewpoint of them and trying to make the country look more appealing. Once again, this is a double edged sword. So many people are crying out that accepting money from the Saudis is so unethical given the country’s issues in the past, which is 100% justified. It’s tough to look at this situation at the surface level without remembering just what is lurking beneath the surface and behind closed doors.
However, the people who are saying they would turn down massive amounts of money for that very reason are being a bit hypocritical. To the people who live truly ethical lives, can’t be bought by money and live each day on the up and up, good for you. We need more people like that in the world. Yes, you may have some guilt on your conscience knowing the money you accepted may have came from unsavory means, but you’ve always secured your families finances for many generations to come. Yes, money is money and athletes are paid way too much for their job. I’ve heard it a million times. But let’s say this was some bizarre parallel universe where LIV didn’t exist for athletes, but for retail workers. Would you stay at Walmart bagging groceries for $15 an hour for the next 40 years because you’re a moral human being or would you take a one-time lump sum to do the same type of work for $50 million, knowing the people paying you have done some shady things to people who didn’t deserve it? I’m not supporting either side of this debate. I’m just saying that before you start blow-bagging about why these golfers are horrible human beings for taking a boatload of money, truly try and put yourself in their shoes and weigh the different scenarios in your head. For anyone who is struggling financially, it is not as cut and dry as many pundits claim it to be.
Now, this is nothing but fantasy before you roast me for being a horrible human being and being so flippant at approaching this controversial subject, but it makes you pause and wonder what you would do in this exact same situation and make you wonder just what kind of person you are and if money truly doesn’t impact your way of life. Taking that sort of money and investing it can set up your family for financial success until the end of time. So, if some players genuinely took the money for those reasons, I can understand it. Not necessarily out of greed, which I’m sure some players did, but for the good of their family. You can’t fault a player for doing what’s best for his and his family’s finances. That being said, many of these player 100% made jump for the sake of greed. How many hundreds of millions does one really need to survive comfortably in life?
Jon Rahm joining LIV felt like the shot heard around the world. He was such a staunch PGA Tour that no one would have seen him leaving. But enough money is enough to sway anyone. Like it or not, everybody has a price. Rahm would’ve been on my short list of people who would remain loyal to the tour, but with Rahm jumping ship, is anyone truly immune from the money? At this point, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy feel like the only two players for me that would never leave the tour. There’s still a few players on my short list that probably wouldn’t leave, including folks like Jordan Spieth, Xander Schauffele, Adam Scott and Justin Rose. Outside of that, I feel like every other player has a price, whether they would admit it or not. We could very well see more players jump to LIV in the coming months, especially if the PGA Tour continues to drag its feet in setting up a merger or partnership with LIV.
Tiger Woods doesn’t just move the needle. He is the needle. Even after 25+ years of playing on the PGA Tour, when Tiger does or says anything, the world listens. Woods made his return at the end of the year, playing in his own event, the Hero World Challenge, as well as playing in the PNC Championship with his son, Charlie. Tiger is starting up his own technology infused golf league alongside Rory McIlroy, which is set to debut in 2025. TGL will feature 6 teams, each consisting of 3 PGA Tour players, playing on a simulator, with a short game area for putting and other green side shots. Another league that was created in the shadow of LIV, TGL is looking to bring something different to the table for golf. Any project with Tiger Woods at the helm is bound to be a success, right?
Woods may be playing again, but the odds are continuing to build against him for that once familiar dominance. He’s 48-years-old. He’s coming off an injury that has hampered his ability to walk. His walking ability at the Hero World Challenge looked better than previous attempts this year, but he also took a cart for two days at the PNC Championship. Walking around flat courses is one thing, but the hills and slopes of Augusta National will test even the healthiest of young studs, let alone a middle-aged man coming off a leg injury. He can still hit it as far as players half his age, but if you can’t get the reps in, it’s tough to be consistent on the PGA Tour. Woods’ goal is to play once a month. At that point, it would be The Genesis Invitational (the event he hosts), The PLAYERS Championship and the four majors. The FedEx Cup playoffs seem out of the question, as that would require him playing multiple weeks, if he were to even qualify.
Tiger Woods has been written off so many times in his career and it’s tough to count a player of his caliber out, a man who can take the impossible and make it possible. But with all of that being said, it’s becoming tougher and tougher to win on the PGA Tour and I think that Woods is just a ceremonial golfer at this point. He only needs one more win to pass Sam Snead for first place on the PGA Tour all-time wins list and 4 more majors to pass Jack Nicklaus for most career majors, but his window of legitimately contending for wins is quickly closing. It’s awesome to see Woods teeing it up again, but I’d be surprised if he becomes a regular contender again at this late stage of his career.
Which Players Will Earn Their First Career PGA Tour Victory:
Last season was a banner year for Adam Schenk, one of the great journeymen of the PGA Tour. Schenk played 36 events last year, with 2 second place finishes at the Valspar Championship and the Charles Schwab Challenge, 7 top 10’s and 12 top 25’s on his way to a T-9 finish at the TOUR Championship. Schenk isn’t someone who hits it a country mile or falls into the elite ball striker category, but he is consistent all the way through the bag, gaining strokes in each of the 6 major Strokes Gained categories. Schenk will be eligible for all of the elevated events this year due to his stellar play last season. If he keeps playing like he did last season, his first win is coming very soon, possibly at a very prestigious event to boot.
Coming off of back-to-back top 40 finishes in the FedEx Cup, Denny McCarthy continues to improve each and every season that he plays on tour. This past season, McCarthy had 8 top 10’s and 15 top 25’s in 30 starts, highlighted by a runner-up finish at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. McCarthy, like Schenk, is a player who is solid all through the bag, gaining strokes in each of the 6 major Strokes Gained categories. McCarthy’s biggest success can be found on the greens, ranking 3rd in Strokes Gained: Putting last season. If McCarthy continues to do what he’s been doing, his first career win could be coming any day now.
Eric Cole had one of the best rookie seasons in recent years this past season, with runner-up finishes at The Honda Classic and the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP to go along with 7 top 10’s and 14 top 25’s in 37 starts. Cole’s game is highlighted by a terrific short game, ranking inside the top 20 in Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green and Strokes Gained: Putting. Cole’s kryptonite is his driver, ranking a dismal 158th in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee. In spite of that, Cole was on an absolute heater at the end of last season, with 4 top 5 finishes in his last 5 starts. I predict that Cole will keep that strong play going into 2024 and pick up a first win pretty early on in the season, joining his dad, Bobby Cole, as just the 11th father/son duo to win on the PGA Tour.
Beau Hossler had a quietly successful season on the PGA Tour, with 5 top 10’s and 14 top 25’s in 34 starts, highlighted by a runner-up finish at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP. Hossler’s game doesn’t really jump off the board in any one particular area, but he is gaining strokes in 5 of the 6 major Strokes Gained categories. Hossler is a streaky player, but when he’s playing well, he clicks off good results in bunches, having 4 different stretches on tour last season where he finished in the top 15 in 2 or more consecutive events, including 3 straight top 15 finishes to close out 2023. If Hossler can just keep the good juices flowing and find a little more consistency, that first win is only a matter of time.
Finishing 1st on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, Ben Kohles put together a terrific season to earn his PGA Tour card again, finishing the year with 2 wins, 8 top 10’s, and 11 top 25’s in 23 starts. Kohles’ win at the Astara Chile Classic was his first Korn Ferry Tour win in over 10 years, with his most recent victory before that coming at the Cox Classic Presented by Lexus of Omaha back in 2012. Best known for winning his first 2 career starts on the Korn Ferry Tour, Kohles has had just 2 top 10 finishes on the PGA Tour in 55 prior starts, but one of those came just a month ago, as he finished T-5 at The RSM Classic. Kohles closed out his Korn Ferry Tour season with 4 top 10’s in his final 5 starts and was a ball striking machine this year, hitting 71.17% of his fairways (finishing 8th on tour) and 76.37% of his greens (finishing 2nd on tour). If he can keep that pace up now that he has returned to the PGA Tour full-time again, that first win will be here in the next few tournaments.
Tommy Fleetwood had arguably his best PGA Tour campaign to date and it still wasn’t enough to finally earn his first victory. 9 top 10’s, 13 top 25’s and just 3 missed cuts in 21 starts, highlighted by a heartbreaking playoff loss to Nick Taylor at the RBC Canadian Open. There really weren’t any holes in Fleetwood’s game last season, ranking inside the top 35 in each of the 6 major Strokes Gained categories and inside the top 15 in 4 of them. At 32-years-old, the DP World Tour stalwart has to be feeling the pressure to finally break through in the USA, as he’s had 5 runner-up finishes, 4 third place finishes, 22 top 5’s and 33 top 10’s in 126 PGA Tour starts. His time is coming and I predict that this is the year that Fleetwood will finally break through for his first PGA Tour victory.
Which Players Will End Long Winless Streaks:
Sungjae Im had about as good of a season as you can get without a win, earning 9 top 10’s and 19 top 25’s in 31 starts. Im is strong throughout the bag, gaining strokes in all 6 of the major Strokes Gained categories. His only weakness was his iron play, ranking 119th in Greens in Regulation Percentage. Incredibly, Im last won on tour at the 2021 Shriners Children’s Open. A player of his caliber going winless for this long is quite improbable and he is long overdue. Sungjae Im returning to the winner’s circle this season is a lock.
At 45-years-old, it’s easy to write off Matt Kuchar. He last won at the 2019 Sony Open in Hawaii, he went through some struggles with his game, but he has shown resilience as he begins the last little jag of his PGA Tour career. Last season was definitely a well-deserved bounce back for Kuchar, earning 6 top 10’s and 10 top 25’s in 27 starts, highlighted by a runner-up showing at the World Wide Technology Championship. Gaining strokes in each of the 6 major Strokes Gained categories, Kuchar showed that he still has a deft touch, ranking 9th in Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, 2nd in Scrambling and 1st in Sand Save Percentage. Kuchar is sitting at 9 career wins and we predict that he will finally get to double digits with another victory this season.
Despite playing only 19 events last season, Adam Scott still put together some solid results, with 5 top 10’s, 7 top 25’s and just 2 missed cuts. Despite being held back by his putter at times in his career, Scott’s success last season was thanks in part to his success with the flat stick, ranking 19th in Strokes Gained: Putting. However, he was spraying it all over the place before he got to the green, ranking 170th in Driving Accuracy Percentage and 138th in Greens in Regulation Percentage. At one time ranked first in the Official World Golf Ranking, Scott’s last victory came at the 2020 The Genesis Invitational. If Scott can get better control of his ball strking, there’s no reason why he can’t hoist up another trophy this season.
Currently ranked 218th in the Official World Golf Ranking, 41-year-old Ryan Moore proved he still has some gas left in the tank, closing out 2023 with consecutive top 10 finishes to climb inside the top 125 of the FedEx Cup Fall standings to earn his tour card for 2024. Moore is one of the last of a dying breed of golfers, one that relies on pure ball striking rather than raw power, as he ranked 4th in Driving Accuracy Percentage and 182nd in Driving Distance on tour last season. His short game has been the kryptonite for him this past season, ranking outside the top 100 in Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green and Strokes Gained: Putting. Moore may be the longest shot on this short list of pulling off a victory in 2024, with his most recent win coming at the 2016 John Deere Classic. But if he can keep his good play going and hole a few more putts this year, he could very well return to victory for the first time in nearly a decade.
Cam Davis had an under the radar season, with 8 top 10’s and 12 top 25’s in 29 starts on his way to a 48th place finish in the FedEx Cup standings. Davis closed out the year strong though, with 6 top 12’s coming over his last 7 events. Davis excels as a ball striker, ranking inside the top 25 in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee, but struggles when he putts for dough, ranking 123rd last season in Strokes Gained: Putting. Davis seems to have found a bit of a spark on the greens of late though, ranking inside the top 10 in Strokes Gained: Putting during his recent hot stretch at both the Fortinet Championship and the Shriners Children’s Open. If Davis continues to roll it well on the greens, I predict that he will find victory for the first time since the 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic.
Which Players Will Go Winless:
Cameron Young had a bit of a sophomore slump this past go around, going from 5 runner-up finishes and 7 top 10’s in 25 starts to 1 runner-up finish and 5 top 10 finishes in 24 starts. Young is a power hitter, ranking 7th in Driving Distance, but is abysmal the closer he gets to the hole, ranking 119th in Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green and 158th in Strokes Gained: Putting. The old adage drive for show, putt for dough rings true in this case. Young is not going to break through on tour unless he fixes his short game. He has the skills to be a PGA Tour winner, but I just don’t see it happening this season.
The last two seasons have been pretty difficult for Webb Simpson, earning just 3 top 10’s, 7 top 25’s and 17 missed cuts in 39 starts. Simpson’s game had issues across the board last year, losing strokes in 5 of the 6 major Strokes Gained categories. A former top 5 player in the Official World Golf Ranking, Simpson is 38-years-old and sits outside the top 200 now. Mr. Wyndham certainly has the ability to win again on the biggest stage, but he has a lot of issues in his game to work through to get there. A win is coming, but it certainly won’t be this year.
A four-time winner on the PGA Tour, with his most recent win coming at the 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Daniel Berger last played in a PGA Tour event at the 2022 U. S. Open. He has been battling issues with his back ever since. He has no timetable for an official return, but if he manages to hit the circuit again this season, he’s going to be shaking off a ton of rust. He still knows how to play, but if you haven’t played competitively in a long time, you’re going to be behind the curve quite a bit, even if you are a proven winner. Tiger Woods is a prime example of that, as he also dealt with back issues over the course of his career and would initially struggle in his returns from long layoffs. Berger was a top 25 player in the Official World Golf Ranking when he last teed it up. He has now fallen outside the top 500. Maybe he will get back to where he once was, maybe he won’t. But you can bet he will struggle upon first returning, whether that is during this season or not.
This past season was pretty lackluster for Gary Woodland, with just 2 top 10’s and 6 top 25’s in 24 starts. Woodland’s short game was what did him in, ranking 178th in Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green and 186th in Strokes Gained: Putting. Woodland has the ability to win again if he can get his short game firing again. But Woodland has a bigger issue to bounce back from, as he had brain surgery to remove a tumor in September 2023. Woodland is going to be a feel good story if he can get back to the winner’s circle this year, but he’s undoubtedly going to have some rust from being off for over 4 months. Between that and his short game woes, it will be too much to overcome this season, as I predict a winless campaign for Woodland.
Masters Tournament: Winner of the 2022 Masters, Scottie Scheffler has had solid results at Augusta National, with 1 win, 2 top 10’s and 4 top 20’s in 4 starts. Scheffler’s nemesis has been his putting, as he ranks 1st in Strokes Gained: Total, Tee-to-Grren, Off-the-Tee and Approach the Green, but 162nd in Putting. Augusta National is notorious for its diabolical greens, but the course also places a premium on ball striking and short gam prowess, two areas where Scheffler is top notch. Scheffler had a terrific season, but some might say he underachieved, with 2 wins, 2 runner-ups, 17 top 10’s, 21 top 25’s and 0 missed cuts in 23 starts. Scheffler is going to be a threat to win anytime he tees it up and I predict he will add to his trophy case and slip on a second Green Jacket with a victory at The Masters.
PGA Championship: The 2023 FedEx Cup champion, Viktor Hovland had an amazing season, with 3 wins, 9 top 10’s and 18 top 25’s in 23 starts. Hovland has some major momentum too, as he finished T-2 at the 2023 PGA Championship. The major champions are often players who are the best ball strikers and Hovland checks those boxes well, ranking 5th in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and 8th in Strokes Gained: Total. Valhalla Golf Club features wide fairways and room for ball strikers to navigate the course quite easily. Hovland has finished in the top 20 in each of the last 5 majors and in the top 10 in 3 of those, so his game has certainly been rising to the occasion on the biggest stages. I predict that a Wanamaker Trophy will be in Hovland’s trophy collection this year with a victory at the PGA Championship!
U. S. Open: One of the poster boys of LIV, Brooks Koepka has arguably been the best major player over the past 10 years, with 5 wins, 4 runner-ups, 14 top 5’s, 18 top 10’s, 25 top 25’s and just 5 missed cuts in 38 starts. His game seems tailored perfectly for the U. S. Open, with 2 wins, 1 runner-up, 5 top 5’s, 5 top 10’s, 8 top 25’s and just 1 missed cut in 10 starts. Koepka had 2 wins and 4 top 5’s in LIV in 2023, not to mention a win at the PGA Championship and a T-2 finish at The Masters. Koepka’s PGA Tour stats are slightly skewed, having only played in 4 events, but he would’ve been 1st in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green had he kept that pace up for a full season, for what it’s worth. Like it or not, many of the LIV players are still the best players in the world and still know how to win the biggest events on the planet, despite not being a member of the PGA Tour. I predict that Brooks Koepka will continue with his masterful major play by winning the U. S. Open for the third time in his career.
The Open Championship: Golf’s newest villain after jumping ship to LIV for a boatload of money, Jon Rahm had an amazing season on tour, with 4 wins, 10 top 10’s, 13 top 25’s and just 1 missed cut in 20 starts. One of the elite ball strikers on tour, Rahm ranked 6th in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and 4th in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green last season. Open Championships always have a nice mixture of young guns who hit it a country mile and veterans who know how to methodically attack a golf course. Rahm fits into the young gun category, but his ball striking ability will prove key to finding success on a course where you have to be precise and use creativity if you hit it wayward. Rahm played Royal Troon in his Open Championship debut, finishing T-59 in 2016. Rahm has started to figure out the subtleties of links-style golf, finishing in the top 3 in 2 of the last 3 Open Championships. Rahm has already won The Masters and the U. S. Open in his young career and I predict that he will add the Claret Jug to his trophy cabinet this season as “The Champion Golfer of the Year.”
In his young career, Xander Schauffele has quickly staked his claim at being known as Mr. East Lake. 7 full-time seasons on tour, 7 trips to the Tour Championship. His results? Impressive to say the least. 1 win, 3 runner-up finishes, 6 top 5’s and 7 top 10’s. Schauffele has yet to win the FedEx Cup, despite a Tour Championship win, as his win came before the era where you automatically win the FedEx Cup by winning the Tour Championship. His starting spot entering East Lake has been his biggest hinderance, ranking 26th, 18th, 8th, T-11, T-16, 4th and T-11 in the FedEx Cup standings to begin each of the 7 Tour Championships. His first 3 attempts were under the old format where each player start at even par like a traditional tournament, while the four most recent have featured a staggered start. The first 3 years, he was too far back in the standings to be a realistic threat to win the FedEx Cup, while he’s only started within 6 strokes of the lead once in the past 4 editions. He’s got the ability to go on a tear here, but if you dig yourself too big of a hole coming in, even lights out play may not be enough to bring home the victory. If Xander Schauffele can play well enough over the course of the season to make it to East Lake for an 8th straight season and go on a heater at the right time, there’s no doubt in my mind that he will be the 2024 FedEx Cup Champion!
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