SportsLine's model simulated the 2025 Tour Championship 10,000 times and revealed its PGA Tour golf picks to crown the 2025 FedEx Cup champion

BetMGM has Scheffler as +165 to successfully defend his Tour Championship and FedEx Cup titles, which can come as no great shock after he's won five of his last 10 starts. Three-time FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy is +800 and Tommy Fleetwood, who has three top-four finishes among his last five starts, is +1200.

While seemingly nobody agrees on any perfect solution, the overwhelming majority of players are just happy the starting stroke era is over.

The 2025 Tour Championship will begin on Thursday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, and Scottie Scheffler will be seeking his second consecutive title after besting Collin Morikawa by four shots last season.

The total purse for the Tour Championship is $40 million. The winner's share for the Tour Championship is $10 million. 1st: $10,000,0002nd: $5,000,0003rd: $3,705,0004th: $3,200,0005th: $2,750,0006th: $1,900,0007th: $1,400,0008th: $1,065,0009th: $900,00010th: $735,000

At least for this year, the 30 players who advanced to the Tour Championship this week in Atlanta are starting from scratch. No FedEx Cup points were carried over, and no player will get a head start over any other.

The 2025 Tour Championship will once again host to those who were skilled enough to skirt past the first two playoff checkpoints and into the postseason finale where $10 million will be awarded to this week's eventual winner.

Tommy Fleetwood enjoyed two legitimate chances this season to break through for his first victory on the PGA Tour—at the Travelers Championship and two weeks ago at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. He can make up for those disappointments in one fell swoop at this week’s season finale,