The FedEx Cup: 6 Years on and Still Searching for a True Identity

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Published: September 24, 2012

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We are now six years into the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs, and the point system and general format are just as baffling today as they were back in 2007.

Brandt Snedeker’s sole win heading into this year’s Tour Championship came back in February at the Farmers Insurance Open. Since that time, Snedeker had no wins and just four top-10 finishes.

Snedeker tied for 19th at the Masters, missed the cut at the Players Championship, didn’t attend the U.S. Open due to a cracked rib he sustained during a coughing fit and missed the cut at the PGA Championship.

Snedeker’s biggest accomplishment of the 2012 season prior to the Tour Championship was a T-3 finish at the Open Championship, an event where he held the 36-hole lead and should have won.   

Does this sound like a potential FedEx Cup Champion to you?

Does this sound like a guy who had done enough to win the PGA Tour’s “season-long race” for the FedEx Cup?

Sure, Snedeker finished second at the Barclays and sixth at the Deutsche Bank Championship, the first two FedEx Cup Playoff events, but he then posted a T-37 at the BMW Championship prior to making the trip south to East Lake for the Tour Championship.

Despite a good (but by no means great) season, Snedeker somehow entered the Tour Championship among the top five in the FedEx Cup point standings, which meant that he could secure the FedEx Cup title and a $10 million payday with a win at East Lake against a small 30-man field, which is precisely what happened on Sunday afternoon.

Rory McIlory won four times on the PGA Tour this year, including a major championship and two FedEx Cup Playoff events while also finishing 10th at the Tour Championship—now how is he not more deserving of the FedEx Cup title?

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