Jon Rahm, for the FedEx Cup in the Tour Championship

He PGA Tour close the season 2022-2023 this weekend in Atlanta. He Tour Championshipthe season finale tournament, refers to the champion of FedEx Cup, the classification that determines who was the best in the graduating course. In that match a Jon Rahm who came to the tournament with options at all.

Rahm dropped to fourth place in the FedEx Cup after the first two playoff contests, but their options are still intact for this final tournament. It is argued in East Lake Golf Club, a par 70 course that will determine who wins one of the most important bonuses on the planet of golf. It is in a different contest, because the participants do not start from scratch in search of victory.

The FedEx Cup general determines the position each player will face in an event with differences marked in advance. So, scottie schefflerclassification head of this campaign, will begin with a -10 in reference to an event where you are closely watched Viktor Hovland (-8), Rory McIlroy (-7) and a Rahm (-6) who starts fourth and has the same four strokes behind his main, but not the only, rival in the fight for the final victory.

But in a tournament anything is possible and this format opens up a wide fight for the overall PGA Tour. Never before had a Spaniard obtained this important victorywith a playoff format since 2007. rahm He had been fighting for her for years, along with her second place in 2021, fourth in 2020 and fifth in 2017 as a clear sign of his prolonged candidacy for victory.

He will try to make the close of the season a reality that whatever happens this weekend has been brilliant for him, with his victory in Augustan Masters at the head of a road map where they also join their particular bag of trophies the Sentry Tournament of Champions, The American Express and The Genesis Invitational. This Tour Championship is one of his pending accounts on the PGA Tour, but the level is once again at its highest in the fight for the title.

In front, a scottie scheffler who achieved his first goal of starting as the leader in this event in previous playoff contests. His second place last week at the BMW Championship fills him with the moral desire to close a season in style in which he won The Players and the Phoenix Open and in which he has been very consistent. As it shows, add fourteen top 5s on the season on the PGA Tourso he feels fully prepared to defend his lead and try to win the FedEx Cup for the first time.

Departure times of major matches

18:43 Xander Schauffele (USA) and Tom Kim (Cds)
​18:54 Keegan Bradley (USA) and Rickie Fowler (USA)
​19:05 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) and Russell Henley (USA)
19:16 Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng) and Wyndham Clark (USA)
19:27 Brian Harman (USA) and Patrick Cantlay (USA)
​19:38 Max Homa (USA) and Lucas Glover (USA)
​19:49 Jon Rahm (ESP) and Rory McIlroy (IrlN)
20:00 Scottie Scheffler (USA) and Viktor Hovland (North)

Last year, yes, Scheffler experienced the return of a Rory McIlroy which threatens his leadership again. The Northern Irishman will start from third place and, if last year he was able to restore a deficit of six shots with respect to the American, this time he will start the final tournament with only three shots. McIlroy has shown on more than one occasion that he is a clear contender for victory: since the FedEx Cup was launched in 2007, no one has won it as many times as he has, three, with a fourth between the eyebrows and eyebrows facing this weekend. McIlroy has amassed nine consecutive top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour, winning the CJ Cup and the Scottish Open this season.

McIlroy’s first goal is to get ahead Viktor Hovland, second in the FedEx Cup standings and who will start two shots behind Scheffler. The Norwegian is looking for his first overall win on the PGA Tour after making his selections skyrocket last week in the his victory in the BMW Championship, the second for him in a season where he also won the Memorial, in addition to the Hero World Challenge. Full of morale, he will close the top 4 great contenders for the final victory.

But if something has this format, it seems that nothing is impossible in a tournament and the list of opponents will be very wide. participate in the event the thirty best players of the season on the circuit and many will have options, more or less, to achieve success. After the first four places, he starts at -5 luke glover and they close the starting top10 with -4 Max Homa, Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark or Matt Fitzpatrick. Anything can happen and you know it a Rahm who wants to assert his good starting position to further his legend.

This is the starting classification in the Tour Championship

1. Scottie Scheffler (USA) -10
2. Viktor Hovland (North) -8
3. Rory McIlroy (IrN) -7
4. Jon Rahm (ESP) -6
5. Luca Glover (USA) -5
6. Max Homa (USA) -4
6. Patrick Cantlay (USA) -4
6. Brian Harman (USA) -4
6. Wyndham Clark (USA) -4
6. Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng) -4
11. Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) -3
11. Russell Henley (USA) -3
11. Keegan Bradley (USA) -3
11. Rickie Fowler (USA) -3
11. Xander Schauffele (USA) -3
16. Tom Kim (CdS) -2
16. Sungjae Im (CdS) -2
16. Tony Finau (USA) -2
16. Corey Conners (Can) -2
16. Woo Kim (QoS) -2
21. Taylor Moore (USA) -1
21. Nick Taylor (Can)-1
21. Adam Schenk (USA) -1
21. Colin Morikawa (USA) -1
21. Jason Day (Aus) -1
26. Sam Burns (USA) Pair
26. Emiliano Grillo (Arg) Par
26. Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) Pair
26. Jordan Spieth (USA) Pairs
26. Sepp Straka (AU) Par