The Tour Championship is upon us. The golf world, for the last time this season, will turn its focus to the PGA Tour for the final tournament.
After 36 events and the last two weeks of playoffs, just 30 golfers remain and only one will be crowned the season champion this weekend. Which golfers have been given that honor in the last decade?
Previous Tour Championship winners explored
The PGA Tour staggers points for all golfers in the Tour Championship. For example, this year, Scottie Scheffler enters ranked first, so he begins the tournament 10 under. That makes it easier for him and others at the top to win. In most years, someone who has had a good start ends up winning.
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In 2023, that was Viktor Hovland. He shot 27 under across the weekend, defeating Xander Schauffele by five strokes. Rory McIlroy shot 21 under in 2022. That was enough to defeat Scottie Scheffler and Sungjae Im by one stroke.
In 2021, Patrick Cantlay was also -21, putting him one stroke above Jon Rahm for the victory. Rahm and Kevin Na had the best total output in the tournament, but the staggered scoring left Rahm without a win.
Dustin Johnson also shot -21 in 2020. He won the Tour Championship by three strokes over Schauffele and Justin Thomas. McIlroy was also the champion in 2019, shooting 18 under to beat Schauffele by four strokes.
Tiger Woods took home the trophy in 2018. He shot 11 under, beating Billy Horschel by two strokes. Schauffele earned the win the year before, shooting 12 under and landing one stroke up on Thomas.
McIlroy won again in 2016, this time in a playoff. His -12 wasn't enough initially to beat Kevin Chappell and Ryan Moore. Jordan Spieth won in 2015 thanks to a nine-under outing. That was four strokes up on Danny Lee, Henrik Stenson, and Justin Rose.
In 2014, Horschel finished three strokes ahead of Jim Furyk and McIlroy to capture the Tour Championship.
This year, Scheffler will look for the first such victory of his career and he begins 10 under to help him do that. Schauffele, who does have a win but plenty of close losses, will be right behind him at eight under.
Hideki Matsuyama (-7) and Keegan Bradley (-6) are also not far behind to start the tournament this week.
It's shaping up to be a wonderful competition and one of the golfers in the field will add their name to this historic list. The tournament begins August 28 and ends September 1. Unsurprisingly, Scheffler is this weekend's betting favorite at -110 to win it all (CBS Sports).
Previous winners:
- 2023: Viktor Hovland
- 2022: Rory McIlroy
- 2021: Patrick Cantlay
- 2020: Dustin Johnson
- 2019: Rory McIlroy
- 2018: Tiger Woods
- 2017: Xander Schauffele
- 2016: Rory McIlroy
- 2015: Jordan Spieth
- 2014: Billy Horschel
