Name: PGA Tour Points System: Fairness and Changes Explained
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Description: Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme explore the PGA Tour's revised points system with insights from Maverick McNealy, analyzing its impact on player rankings.

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Well, this is locker room talk. This is what all the players are talking about at the breakfast table. This is what they're talking about in practice rounds is, is the PGA Tour and the way it's structured right now, uh, the most fair with how they distribute points to its members. And I think, uh, before this past season where Maverick McNeely, uh, when the The smartest guys in the PGA Tour brought up some incredible points using a great case study for a player who finished high in signature or I should say, more so the 11 to 2011 to 20th place finishes versus a player who finished maybe inside the top 5 of a full field event and comparing the amount of points. And just arguing it's like, is it, is it easier or harder to do what this person did, which I, I think finishing top 5 in a full field event, beating 144 players versus 70 guys and finishing 11 to 20, you can definitely make the case that the top 5 is more impressive, although the strength of field isn't as strong. So heading into if I read that that was that 2025, that specific change that Maverick McNeely suggested there, uh, the changes made were for the majors and the players championship. There was a slight increase to second place points and a slight decrease to points for positions 11 and beyond. And then for signature events, there was a slight decrease to points for positions 7 and beyond. Want to jump in there with that. Please continue. Yes. And so, heading into 2. 2026, I think it was interesting for a lot of people that follow this, uh, especially players, agents, looking at this list to see at the end of the year, is this the most fair system that the PGA Tour has to offer for its members. And I think you have to start by, first off, thank you for the PGA Tour for sending us, uh, some incredible intel and information to be able to kind of Compare and contrast to see who got it more of their percentage of points in signature events versus full field events. And of course, you can also, uh, mention that a, a player like Tommy Fleetwood, he didn't really play any other events, other signature events. So, of course, he's gonna earn all of it, all but most of his points in signature events. But I think when you, uh, the, the game that I'm trying to play here today. Is, can we find holes in the system? Can we look at the Tour championship for guys that, that barely qualified versus players who did it? And look and see, OK, did this player, uh, with, with playing hardly any signature events or very little, versus a player that got into all of the signature events, how much better of a season did this player have than the player who didn't get into the signature events?

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