5. DESIGNATED HITTER
There are 11 Tour events that Tiger Woods has never played for one reason
or another, and several more that are
routinely saddled with weak fields.
To help those Tour stops out, we propose that to be eligible for the FedEx Cup playoffs, a player must enter at least one of the following 10 tournaments during the season: PODS Championship, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Shell Houston Open, Zurich Classic, EDS Byron Nelson Championships, Travelers Championship, John Deere Classic, U.S. Bank Championship, Canadian Open, Wyndham Championship. Is that asking too much?
6. LEMANS START
Forget the points, the calculations
and the reset. Call this the
minimalist FedEx Cup for those
who think the current system
is too complicated: After the
PGA Championship, the top 144
money winners start from zero in
the Barclays and the Deutsche
Bank.
The 70 guys who win the most money in those two tournaments advance to the BMW Championship. The top 30 after that event move on to the Cup's grand finale at the Tour Championship.
