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Play at the 2025 Tour Championship begins tomorrow at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia with a new format to determine the winner. This years event will be played like a normal tour event, where every player will begin at even par and there will be no points or staggered scoring. Players will begin the tournament with pairings based on FedEx Cup points for the season and the winner of the 72-hole, stroke play event will be declared the FedEx Cup champion. ATLANTA, GEORGIA – AUGUST 27: Viktor Hovland of Norway plays a shot on the 18th hole during the final round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on August 27, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) Getty Images Scheffler/McIlroy Pairing The number one and two ranked players will be the last tee time out on Thursday as Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are not only one and two in the official world golf rankings, but also in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup points system. With Scheffler injured to start the season, McIlroy came out of the gates this season guns a blazing. With wins at Pebble Beach, the Players Championship and of course the Grand Slam capping Masters victory, McIlroy looked poised to challenge Sheffler as the world’s top player. However, since his Masters victory, McIlroy has cooled off considerably from the torrid pace he began the season with. Scottie Scheffler on the other hand, began the season slowly(by his standards) coming off a hand injury, but since the last week of March, he has not finished outside the top 10. With five wins in that time period, he has not only clearly established himself as the best player in the game, but has in fact widened the gap that McIlroy had…

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