The Tour Championship is here. That means the 2026 FedEx Cup champion will be crowned. There are 30 players left standing after last week's BMW Championship. Now it's a sprint to the finish and the $10 million first-place prize.
From the schedule, format, field and more, here's what you need to know about the 2026 Tour Championship.
Who's in the field at the 2026 Tour Championship?
Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Wyndham Clark headline the 30-man field. There was a little volatility from before the BMW, as three players played their way in (Patrick Cantlay, Gary Woodland, Robert MacInytre) while three stumbled below the top-30 cutoff (Kurt Kitayama, J.T. Poston, Rickie Fowler).
Who's in the Tour Championship for the first time?
There are six newbies at East Lake, including this year's British Open champion.
What's the format for the Tour Championship?
The PGA Tour ditched the "starting
strokes" format ahead of last year's Tour Championship but it's worth clarifying once again. The starting strokes concept staked the top seeds in the standings to big leads on the leaderboard before the tournament even started but what would happen is that a guy with the best four-day total still wasn't the tournament winner. Now, it's a straight-up four-day, 72-hole stroke-play tournament, like we're used to getting.
What does the winner of the 2026 Tour Championship get?
The first-place prize at East Lake is $10 million. The purse is $40 million.
Where is the Tour Championship played?
East Lake ties for No. 4 on Golfweek's Best list of the top private courses in Georgia and ties for No. 89 among all classic courses in the U.S.
Tour Championship past champions
No one has won the Tour Championship in consecutive years. Tommy Lad has the chance to be the first.
- 2025: Tommy Fleetwood
- 2024: Scottie Scheffler
- 2023: Viktor Hovland
- 2022: Rory McIlroy
- 2021: Patrick Cantlay
- 2020: Dustin Johnson
- 2019: Rory McIlroy
- 2018: Justin Rose
- 2017: Justin Thomas
- 2016: Rory McIlroy
- 2015: Jordan Spieth
- 2014: Billy Horschel
- 2013: Henrik Stenson
- 2012: Brandt Snedeker
- 2011: Bill Haas
- 2010: Jim Furyk
- 2009: Tiger Woods
- 2008: Vijay Singh
- 2007: Tiger Woods
Todd Kelly is an assistant managing editor at Golfweek.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: What to know about FedEx Cup Playoffs finale at 2026 Tour Championship
