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00:00The 100 million FedExCup payouts changing significantly.
00:05I'm quoting from an article that Sean Zach wrote for Golf.com summarizing it.
00:10So just main points, total bonus pool remains at 100 million.
00:13No one's getting paid any less.
00:15It's just they're paying it out at different times.
00:18So a total of the headline in his article here, regular season matters the most.
00:23A total of 20 million will be split among the top 10 players in the FedExCup
00:27at the conclusion of their regular season.
00:30Which I guess is like almost layering on a bonus to the Comcast business tour
00:34for all intents and purposes.
00:37There are payouts for positioning after each of the playoff events.
00:43So like there's an additional 23 million that gets paid out after the BMW
00:47championship based on standings there.
00:49And then the winner at Eastlake rather than winning, I guess it was the 25 or
00:55$30 million winner's share last year.
00:58We'll win just $10 million for that week.
01:00Second place was $5 million, so on and so forth.
01:03It's essentially a $40 million purse for the tour championship now.
01:09So face value, do we like this change?
01:13What do you think about this change?
01:15Well, it's kind of what we expected to happen.
01:18I'm just surprised it took a while for it to be rolled out.
01:21You would have thought this whole thing would have been rolled out when the tour
01:24championship was announced in the new format.
01:27So it definitely explains a lot because it definitely maybe keeps a player like
01:30Scotty Sheffler or Rory McRoy or name another top four or five player on the
01:37FedEx Cup points to to maybe want to play Memphis and BMW.
01:42They still might be able to get away with it with how far ahead they are.
01:46But got to remember, points are like quadrupled at the playoffs.
01:49So things definitely can get a little dicey when it comes to those top spots and how much
01:54money is on the line.
01:55Not to say these guys haven't made a jillion dollars this year, but it is another factor
02:00for these guys to play.
02:02Rory's been rumored to not want to play Memphis this year.
02:05Um, golf course that he doesn't necessarily like it's hot.
02:08Um, so I don't expect to see Rory there this year, but, uh, I would assume that
02:14Scotty will play, um, would have to think he'll play right.

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