The Tour Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, traditionally marking one of the final events of the season. Before 2007, participation was limited to the top 30 money leaders from the preceding PGA Tour season, ensuring a highly competitive field.
From 1987, several courses hosted the event.
From its debut in 1987, the top 30 money winners on the PGA Tour after the penultimate event qualified for the Tour Championship.
Until 1996, several courses hosted the event.
From 1998, the Tour Championship winner, if not already exempt by other means, received a 3-year PGA Tour exemption.
Since 2004, East Lake Golf Club has been the permanent home for the Tour Championship event.
Since 2005, the Calamity Jane, a sterling silver replica of Bobby Jones's original "Calamity Jane" putter, has been presented to the winner of the Tour Championship.
Through 2006, the top 30 money winners on the PGA Tour after the penultimate event qualified for the Tour Championship.
2007 was also the inaugural year for the Tour's Fall Series, which determined the rest of the top 125 players eligible for the following year's FedEx Cup.
In 2007, the Tour Championship became the final event of the four-tournament FedEx Cup Playoffs. Eligibility was determined by FedEx Cup points accumulated throughout the season.
In 2007, the Tour Championship moved from November to mid-September, concluding the four-tournament FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Beginning in 2009, the assignment and awarding of points assured that if any of the top five FedEx Cup point leaders entering The Tour Championship won the event, that player would also win the FedEx Cup.
In 2013, a realignment of the PGA Tour's season schedule made the Tour Championship the final event of the season.
Starting in 2016, the PGA Tour reversed the nines at East Lake for the Tour Championship so that play now finishes on a more exciting par 5 hole.
In 2017, the Calamity Jane was made the official trophy for the tournament. Each winner before 2005 has been awarded one retroactively.
In 2018, Tiger Woods won the Tour Championship but finished second in the FedEx Cup, while Justin Rose won the FedEx Cup despite finishing the tournament tied for fourth.
Until 2018, the Tour Championship winner, if not already exempt by other means, received a 3-year PGA Tour exemption.
Beginning in 2019, the tournament adopted a new format using a method similar to the Gundersen method in Nordic combined to ensure that the winner would also be the FedEx Cup champion. The player with the most FedEx Cup points leading into the tournament starts at 10 under par, with subsequent players starting at progressively lower scores.
From 2019 onward, the FedEx Cup Playoffs were reduced to three events, and the Tour Championship was held in late August instead of mid-September.
For 2020, players who qualified for the Tour Championship were invited to the Sentry Tournament of Champions, due to tournament cancellations from the coronavirus pandemic.
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